Fatty liver linked to Body's own oxalate production in new study
NCT ID NCT06735924
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how much oxalate the body naturally makes in people with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), a type of fatty liver. Researchers will collect urine samples from 28 adults after they eat a special low-oxalate diet. The goal is to better understand the link between liver health and oxalate, which can affect kidney stone risk.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 28 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * age \>18 years * History of MASLD, with liver fat content \> 5% * Normal kidney function * Stable medication for at least 1 month for diabetes mellitus if any * Willingess to ingest fixed diets and stop dietary supplements for the study and come to UAB for visits Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Inaccurate 24-hour urine collections * Liver fat content \<5% * Liver cirrhosis * Evidence of other chronic liver disease, viral hepatitis * history of alcoholism within 2 years of enrollment * Contra-indication to Magnetic Resonance Imaging * Chronic kidney disease with estimated Glomerular Filtration rate \< 60 ml/min/1.73m2 * Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus or treatment with insulin * Uncontrolled diabetes * Pregnancy, lactation or intention to be * Uncontrolled hypertension * Use of weight loss medication, SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, osteoporosis medication, chronic NSAID * History of gastric or intestinal surgery or resection that could potentially alter oxalate absorption * Chronic fat malabsorption * Use of immunosuppressive medications * Known immuno-compromised status * Active malignancy or treatment for malignanacy within the last 12 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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