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Post Operative Urinary Retention (POUR) Following Thoracic Oncological Surgery
Led by Hackensack Meridian Health · Updated on 2026-02-10
46
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
191 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a feasibility study looking at whether the use of Tamsulosin could lower the high incidence of postoperative urinary retention (POUR) in older men who undergo an oncological thoracic surgical procedure for suspected or confirmed cancer. In addition, the study will try to identify the time of resumption of presurgical urinary function post Tamsulosin administration.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Post Operative Urinary Retention (POUR) Following Thoracic Oncological Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male
- 55 years old or older
- Planned video-assisted thoracic oncological surgery for suspected or confirmed cancer
- Surgery scheduled more than 7 days after consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently using Tamsulosin
- Known allergy to Tamsulosin or sulfa drugs
- Current use of Boceprevir
- Resting systolic blood pressure less than 100 mm Hg
- Orthostatic hypotension greater than 20 mm Hg systolic or 10 mm Hg diastolic after standing for 2 minutes
- History of hypotension
- Known congestive heart failure or valvular heart disease
- Prior prostate surgery such as prostatectomy or trans-urethral resection
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
Ocean University Medical Center
Brick, New Jersey, United States, 08724
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2
South Ocean University Medical Center
Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States, 08050
Actively Recruiting
3
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune City, New Jersey, United States, 07753
Actively Recruiting
4
Riverview Medical Center
Red Bank, New Jersey, United States, 07701
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Research Team
D
Denise Theiler, RN
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
1
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