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Stone Disease in Children and Their Families

Primary Purpose

Hypercalciuria, Urolithiasis

Status
Available
Phase
Locations
Study Type
Expanded Access
Intervention
Radiological testing
Pediatric Urologic DNA and History Repository
Sponsored by
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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This is an expanded access trial for Hypercalciuria focused on measuring Determine prevalence of genetic mutations in a population., Identify stone formers w/significant family history., follow a cohort of pediatric stone formers & their families., Report long-term recurrence rates & therapeutic outcomes.

Eligibility Criteria

4 Years - 20 Years (Child, Adult)All Sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female patients of all races with a history of stone formation before age 20 years, patients with a history of stone formation between the ages of 4 and 19 years will be included regardless of current age or gender, healthy family members (>4 years of age to 75 years) of the probands will be invited to participate in the study and will be characterized as an affected or unaffected patient by the testing, and sex- and age-matched pediatric normal volunteers will also be recruited as controls.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will be excluded with voiding dysfunction or metabolic disorders including renal tubular acidosis, chronic renal insufficiency, intestinal malabsorption (inflammatory bowel disease, history of ileal resection or bladder augmentation, and cystic fibrosis), hyperparathyroidism, prolonged immobilization, vitamin D excess, hypercalcemia, hypophosphatasia, Bartter's syndrome, high dose steroid therapy, prematurity, and chronic lasix use. Any child with a bleeding diathesis or who is immunocompromised will be excluded given the increased risks of drawing blood. Participants who have been on anti-seizure medication such as Topamax or other lithogenic drugs and anti-seizure medication will be excluded.

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    First Posted
    September 30, 2008
    Last Updated
    August 31, 2022
    Sponsor
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT00765531
    Brief Title
    Stone Disease in Children and Their Families
    Official Title
    Stone Disease in Children and Their Families
    Study Type
    Expanded Access

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    August 2022
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Available
    Study Start Date
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    Primary Completion Date
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    Study Completion Date
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    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Responsible Party, by Official Title
    Principal Investigator
    Name of the Sponsor
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    4. Oversight

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    The hypothesis of this study proposal is that pediatric urinary stone formers have genetic risk factors which predispose their urinary stone production. 50-60% of pediatric stone patients have a positive family history of urinary stone disease. Several genetic mutations have been identified which predispose patients to various types of urinary stones. These genetic mutations can also lead to other significant sequela besides stones, including osteopenia/osteoporosis (bone loss). Furthermore, metabolic abnormalities can be identified in more than 50% of pediatric stone formers, some of which can be improved and/or alleviated with medical intervention to help decrease rate of stone formation and the need for hospitalization and surgical intervention.
    Detailed Description
    Although more frequent in adults, urolithiasis (urinary stones) is not rare in children, accounting for an estimated 1 in 7,600 hospital admissions. Recent reports have demonstrated a rising incidence of urinary stones in children. The hypothesis of this study proposal is that pediatric urinary stone formers have genetic risk factors which predispose their urinary stone production. 50-60% of pediatric stone patients have a positive family history of urinary stone disease. Several genetic mutations have been identified which predispose patients to various types of urinary stones. These genetic mutations can also lead to other significant sequela besides stones, including osteopenia/osteoporosis (bone loss). Furthermore, metabolic abnormalities can be identified in more than 50% of pediatric stone formers, some of which can be improved and/or alleviated with medical intervention to help decrease rate of stone formation and the need for hospitalization and surgical intervention. Independent of age, calcium is the main crystalline constituent of kidney stones in up to 80% of cases and calcium oxalate stones are the most common stone type. At all ages, hypercalciuria (urinary calcium excretion >4 mg/kg/d or urinary calcium / urinary creatinine > 0.2) is the most common metabolic cause of urolithiasis. Hypercalciuria is a common metabolic abnormality among patients who form calcium oxalate stones. Hypercalciuria can be primary (absorptive or renal) or secondary (resorptive). Primary absorptive hypercalciuria is the result of an increase in intestinal calcium absorption while primary renal hypercalciuria occurs when the kidneys leak calcium. Laboratory tests, including a serum parathyroid hormone level and urinary calcium excretion before and after dietary calcium restriction or load, are required to define which type of hypercalciuria is occurring. Secondary hypercalciuria may be the result of excessive sodium intake or induced by certain drugs. More commonly, secondary hypercalciuria is associated with other diseases (such as hypercalcemia, distal renal tubular acidosis, hyperparathyroidism, hypocitraturia, hypophosphatasia, Bartter's syndrome or prolonged immobilization). Whatever the cause, proper diagnosis and management of hypercalciuria in children is important since 50% may develop nephrocalcinosis and urolithiasis. In addition, vertebral bone loss has been reported in 30% of hypercalciuric children. In our patients who have undergone metabolic testing to date, approximately 50% have evidence of hypercalciuria. Hypercalciuria resulting from increased absorption of calcium from the gut, termed absorptive hypercalciuria (AH), accounts for 45% of all reported cases of stone formation. AH has long been suspected to be genetic. More than 40% of first degree relatives of patients with hypercalciuria also have a history of urolithiasis. Over the last 10 years, investigators have sought to understand the molecular basis of this presumed genetic observation. The genotypes of individuals with hypercalciuria have been studied trying to associate polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene with nephrolithiasis, but it seems vitamin D genotype has no clear influence on this phenotype. However, recently, a new candidate-gene was identified by Gitomer, et al which was linked to AH in Caucasian adults; it was mapped to chromosome 1q24. This gene has been putatively identified as a gut-specific soluble isoform of an adenylate cyclase which when mutated causes absorptive hypercalciuria. Four polymorphisms and two mutations have thus far been described; the presence of any of these 4 individual base substitutions yielded a 2.2 to 3.5-fold increase in estimated risk for absorptive hypercalciuria. These base changes were also associated with decreased spinal bone density and the occurrence of osteoporosis in the AH population. The incidence of gene mutations in this newly described AH gene has not been reported in children with either hypercalciuria, calcium oxalate stones or a positive family history. In addition, novel candidate genes causing urolithiasis may be discovered during the duration of this study which would become subjects of investigation. Similarly, pedigrees from stone-forming probands affected in childhood have not been studied for medical outcomes, stone recurrence risks, or for novel gene searches. Unique pediatric stone cases that have been seen at Children's Medical Center include: Xanthinuria (n=1) Primary Hyperoxaluria, type 1 (n=1) Cystinuria (n=3) Hypocitraturia Hyperoxaluria Novel contiguous gene deletion syndrome with calcium nephrolithiasis (n=1) Uric acid nephrolithiasis with metabolic syndrome (n=1) Overall, although smaller numbers of affected patients are identified, the investigation of rare cases with a severe phenotype, which often first manifests in the pediatric population, may lead to a major disease discovery, as has been shown in many genetic diseases. Thus, we now broaden the scope of this research to include all pediatric stone-formers of all races and underlying metabolic and/or genetic abnormalities.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Hypercalciuria, Urolithiasis
    Keywords
    Determine prevalence of genetic mutations in a population., Identify stone formers w/significant family history., follow a cohort of pediatric stone formers & their families., Report long-term recurrence rates & therapeutic outcomes.

    7. Study Design

    8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

    Intervention Type
    Radiation
    Intervention Name(s)
    Radiological testing
    Intervention Description
    Bone mineral density
    Intervention Type
    Genetic
    Intervention Name(s)
    Pediatric Urologic DNA and History Repository
    Intervention Description
    All Stone Forming Patients and their families will undergo one of two groups of testing: Testing 1 - Involves completing an in-patient evaluation at University of Texas Southwestern for patients with hypercalciuria and their families. Testing 2 - Involves completing a simple out-patient evaluation for patients with or without hypercalciuria and their family members.

    10. Eligibility

    Sex
    All
    Minimum Age & Unit of Time
    4 Years
    Maximum Age & Unit of Time
    20 Years
    Eligibility Criteria
    Inclusion Criteria: Male and female patients of all races with a history of stone formation before age 20 years, patients with a history of stone formation between the ages of 4 and 19 years will be included regardless of current age or gender, healthy family members (>4 years of age to 75 years) of the probands will be invited to participate in the study and will be characterized as an affected or unaffected patient by the testing, and sex- and age-matched pediatric normal volunteers will also be recruited as controls. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded with voiding dysfunction or metabolic disorders including renal tubular acidosis, chronic renal insufficiency, intestinal malabsorption (inflammatory bowel disease, history of ileal resection or bladder augmentation, and cystic fibrosis), hyperparathyroidism, prolonged immobilization, vitamin D excess, hypercalcemia, hypophosphatasia, Bartter's syndrome, high dose steroid therapy, prematurity, and chronic lasix use. Any child with a bleeding diathesis or who is immunocompromised will be excluded given the increased risks of drawing blood. Participants who have been on anti-seizure medication such as Topamax or other lithogenic drugs and anti-seizure medication will be excluded.
    Central Contact Person:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
    Linda A. Baker, MD
    Phone
    214-456-2480
    Email
    Linda.Baker@UTSouthwestern.edu
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
    Martinez Hill
    Phone
    214-456-0279
    Email
    martinez.hill@childrens.com

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