Red meat swap may cut toxins in kidney patients
NCT ID NCT07105670
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 12, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether replacing red meat with plant-based protein can lower levels of certain gut toxins in people with stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Fifteen participants will try both a vegetarian diet and a diet with red meat, with a break in between. Researchers will measure toxins in blood and urine to see if diet makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- controlled dietary intervention (lacto-ovo vegetarian diet vs. red meat diet)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward dietary recommendations to reduce harmful gut toxins in people with chronic kidney disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early-stage study with only 15 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It is designed to gather knowledge, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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40 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 40-70 years * Male or postmenopausal female * Stage 3 CKD (eGFR between 30-59ml/min/1.73m\^2 by the CKD-EPI equation (without race correction)). * If eGFR is greater than or equal to 45ml/min/1.73m\^2 then albuminuria must be greater than 300mg/g creatinine by spot urine. * Willing to consume controlled diet for duration of the study * Willing to collect fecal samples at home Exclusion Criteria: * Hemoglobin A1c greater than 7% within previous six months * Treatment with metformin or insulin within previous three months * Blood pressure greater than 150/100 mmHg from chart of home on at least two occasions in prior month (can be inclusive of screening visit) * Change in cardiovascular and/or hypertension medication in the last 30 days * History of major gastrointestinal disease (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, uncontrolled irritable bowel syndrome, C. difficile chronic infection, celiac disease, diverticulitis, stomach or duodenal ulcers) * Known HIV disease * Hospitalization in the last two months * Significant recent unintentional weight loss (5% of weight over past three months) * Cancer or received cancer treatment in the last year (except basal cell carcinoma) * Prior bariatric surgery (i.e. gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy) or restrictive bariatric surgery (i.e. adjustable gastric band) * Treatment with immunosuppressive medications in the past six months or more than one week of treatment with prednisone greater than 10mg per day in the past three months (or equivalent steroid dose of non-prednisone steroids) * Recent antibiotic use defined as a single course of antibiotics within the past three months or two or more courses within the past six months * Known food allergy that would influence the ability to consume the study diets * History of hyperkalemia defined as greater than 5.5mmol/L on at least two occasions * Other medical conditions or concerns at the discretion of the investigators
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Purdue University
RECRUITINGWest Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, United States
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