Could a common diabetes drug stop kidney stones before they start?
NCT ID NCT07055282
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether empagliflozin, a drug used for diabetes and heart conditions, can help prevent calcium-based kidney stones. Researchers will give the drug daily for 4 weeks to 32 adults who have had calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stones. They will measure changes in urine chemistry that affect stone formation. The goal is to see if this drug could be a new prevention strategy for kidney stones.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 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: Calcium phosphate (CaP) stone participants: * Age 18-70 * History of at least one calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) stone * Defined as at least 50% of stone material on most recent stone analysis Calcium oxalate (CaOx) stone participants: * Age 18-70 * History of at least one calcium oxalate stone * Defined as at least 50% of stone material on most recent stone analysis. Other inclusion criteria considerations: The investigators will study balanced numbers of male and females. Prior studies did not have balanced representation of male and female sexes. In prior studies, less than 40% were female, or sex data is not presented. Study of both male and female sex is crucial with kidney stones and therapies that affect citrate and pH because there are well established epidemiologic differences in stone type and physiologic differences in acid-base handling by sex. Epidemiologically, younger women are more likely to have CaP stones, and this is likely because they have higher urine pH. Exclusion Criteria: * History of primarily brushite, uric acid, cysteine, or struvite stones * History of severe acid-base abnormality, very low (less than 100mg/day) or very high (greater than 1500mg/day) urine citrate * Participants who cannot stop diuretic medication or alkali supplementation for the course of the study period * Use of drugs that can directly affect proximal tubule function (e.g., topiramate) * Diagnosis of complete distal renal tubular acidosis * Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (eGFR \<60 mL/min/1.73m²)
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Locations
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University of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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