Status:
COMPLETED
The Efficacy of Tamsulosin in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones in Emergency Department Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Robert Swor
Collaborating Sponsors:
Corewell Health East
Conditions:
Kidney Stones
Ureteral Stones
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To determine if emergency department patients with acute ureteral colic pain due to a ureteral stone who are treated with tamsulosin, versus placebo, will experience a shorter time to passage of their...
Detailed Description
This is a prospective randomized placebo controlled study of tamsulosin alone, vs placebo, to determine its effect on the rates of stone passage and resolution of pain in patients with acute renal col...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Emergency Department patients with acutely symptomatic renal colic pain
- Confirmation of a symptomatic stone will be made by imaging (helical CT scan or intravenous pyelogram).
Exclusion
- Stones not documented on imaging
- Stones \>10mm
- Pregnancy
- Age \<18 years
- Evidence of infection with an obstructing stone
- Obstructing stone in a solitary kidney
- Currently taking tamsulosin, vardenafil, nifedipine, or steroids
- Contraindications or allergy to tamsulosin
- Ureteral surgery
- Patients that are unable to understand consent
- Patients that are unable to comply with follow-up
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
127 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00448123
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
October 12 2016
Active Locations (1)
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William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073