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Existing urate-lowering drugs have significant hepatorenal toxicity, necessitating safe lifestyle interventions. Electrolyzed alkaline water (EAW) as daily drinking water has shown preliminary effectiveness, but it lacks randomized controlled evidence and mechanistic studies at the microbiome\u2013metabolome interface. Methods: We conducted a 12-week randomized controlled trial in 40 adults aged 18\u201365 years with elevated serum uric acid (SUA). Participants consumed either 1.5 L\/day of EAW (pH 8.5\u20139.5) or purified water (pH 7.0). Clinical indicators, quality of life (SF-36), gut microbiota, and gut metabolomics were comprehensively assessed to evaluate intervention efficacy and explore potential mechanisms. Results: After 12 weeks, the EAW group exhibited a larger reduction in serum uric acid than the control group, along with improvements in selected physical health-related quality-of-life measures. Modest differences in gut microbial composition were observed between groups. Metabolomic analyses identified group-level differences in metabolites enriched in pathways related to purine metabolism and other urate-associated metabolic processes. Conclusions: This pilot randomized controlled trial suggests that consumption of EAW is associated with a modest reduction in serum uric acid. Exploratory multi-omics analyses indicate concurrent changes in gut microbiota and metabolic profiles. These findings support further investigation of electrolyzed alkaline water as a potential adjunctive, non-pharmacological option for hyperuricemia in larger and longer-term studies. Ethics: This trial was registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry under the identifier ChiCTR2500100190. Ethical approval for the present study was granted by the Nankai University Institutional Review Board (NKUIRB2025001, 23 January 2025).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18010107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,28]],"date-time":"2025-12-28T23:54:36Z","timestamp":1766966076000},"page":"107","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial and Multi-Omics Analysis of Electrolysed Alkaline Water: Impacts on Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Signatures in Hyperuricemia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Qisijing","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wentao","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3312-8831","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miao","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuo","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"762820","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/762820","article-title":"Prevalence of Hyperuricemia and Gout in Mainland China from 2000 to 2014: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis","volume":"2015","author":"Liu","year":"2015","journal-title":"BioMed Res. 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