The Effects of Sports Drinks on Urinary Lithogenicity

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urolithiasis

Treatments: Drug: Performance; Drug: Gatorade

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00381277

DG-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of sports drinks on the tendency to form kidney stones has not been assessed. Patients will drink 1 liter a day of 2 sports drinks and collect urine to determine changes in urine chemistry that may decrease the risk of forming stones.

Full description

Participants will drink 1 liter of water each day for one week in the control period, then 1 liter of sports drink each day for one week during the experimental period. Urine collections will be performed during both periods. Diet will be chosen by participants and a food diary will be kept so that participants can replicate diet during the urine collections.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18-80 years old
• men and women
• able to sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• history of kidney stones
• bone disease
• parathyroid disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)