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Effect Of Lemon-Tomato Fruit Juice In Reducing Kidney Stones.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Patients with Calcium Oxalate stones in the Urinary Tract
Registration Number
CTRI/2017/04/008312
Lead Sponsor
SBMR STATE BOARD FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
11
Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients in the age group 13 â?? 50 years with calcium oxalate stones in the urinary tract as proven by CT Scan and attending the Urology Out-Patient clinic of Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients less than 13 years of age and more than 50 years of age.

2.Patients with Obstructive uropathy, Chronic urosepsis / Positive urine culture, Renal failure, (S. Creatinine >2.0 mg %) Renal Tubular Acidosis, Primary Hyperoxaluria , Medullary Sponge Kidney.

3.Patients with anatomical abnormalities of the Urinary Tracts

4.Pregnancy

5.Active cancer

6.Recurrent urinary infections

7.Gross hematuria

8.Receiving treatment with thiazides

9.Patients having a serious alternate disease that might affect completion of the study or jeopardize the study.

10.Inability to give informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the maximum Optical Density values obtained in urine samples collected four hours after intake of milk with lemon-tomato fruit juice and four hours after intake of milk without lemon-tomato fruit juice in patients with calcium oxalate stones in the urinary tract attending the Urology out-patient clinic of Government Medical College, Trivandrum.Timepoint: Urine is tested two hours and four hours after milk intake and also two hours and four hours after taking milk along with lemon-tomato juice.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.To estimate the Bonn Risk Index of the urine samples <br/ ><br>2.To find the effect of lemon-tomato fruit juice on urine microscopy, urine calcium / creatinine ratio, urine citrate, urine calcium / citrate ratio, urine pH and urine specific gravity <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Urine is tested two hours after milk intake and on the next day urine of the patient is tested two hours after taking milk along with lemon-tomato juice.
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