Clinical trials: Urologic Surgery
Complications Wounds, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in High Risk Patients Undergoing Panniculectomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Incisional negative pressure therapy (INPWT) has previously been shown in certain patient populations to decrease wound healing complications, decrease the rate of hematomas and seromas, as well as have better scar quality.
- Conditions
- Complications Wounds, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Wound Healing Delayed, Incisional
- Trial name
- NCT03010137
- Testing
- Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Standard Closure with Skin Glue, PICO (Smith&Nephew)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Overactive Bladder
Over Active Bladder Patients Having Sling Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with anti-muscarinic medications following sub-urethral sling procedures improves overall subjective and objective outcomes in women with mixed incontinence with primary…
- Trial name
- NCT00852696
- Testing
- Solifenacin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cleveland Clinic Florida
Urinary Incontinence, Sarcopenia
The Urinary Incontinence Treatment Study
Investigators plan a prospective cohort study with an adaptive design based on physical function status. The design will involve tracking the number of women recruited with physical function impairment and those without any…
- Trial name
- UNITS (NCT03057834)
- Testing
- Pelvic floor muscle exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Incontinence and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Patients
The study will assess the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infection in women undergoing incontinence or reconstructive pelvic surgery. Women will be given an antibiotic or placebo at the time of catheter removal.
- Trial name
- PRECAUTION (NCT01108757)
- Testing
- Bactrim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Urinary Incontinence
Comparison of Surgical Procedures to Reduce Urinary Stress Incontinence
The primary aim of this clinical trial is to compare the treatment success for two surgical procedures that are frequently used and have similar cure rates, yet have not been compared directly to each other in a large, rigorously…
- Trial name
- SISTEr (NCT00064662)
- Testing
- Burch Modified Tanagho, Autologous Fascia Sling
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 655 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carelon Research
Urinary Incontinence
Value of Urodynamic Evaluation
Although no reliable and specific figures are available for the total expenditure on UDS, UDS is commonly performed for patients with urinary incontinence (UI) regardless of gender and age.
- Trial name
- ValUE (NCT00803959)
- Testing
- Office evaluation, UDS
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carelon Research
Bladder Outlet Obstruction
An Open Label Study to Measure Efficacy of Fesoterodine (Toviaz) Post Surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
The subjects who have symptoms of overactive bladder (many trips to the bathroom, and urgency with or without the inability to hold your urine until you get to the toilet) are invited to participate in this research study.
- Trial name
- Toviaz (NCT00605319)
- Testing
- Toviaz (Fesoterodine)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Urinary Retention
Optimal Duration of Indwelling Urinary Catheter Following Pelvic Surgery
There is no general agreement about the optimal duration of postoperative urinary drainage, with relevant literature reporting durations ranging from 1 to 10 days.
- Trial name
- NCT01923129
- Testing
- Prazosin given 6 hours prior to catheter removal in the 24 hour group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Kidney Failure, Acute
Effect of Erythropoietin (EPO) in Kidney After Cardiac Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine whether erythropoietin is effective in preventing acute kidney dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
- Trial name
- EPO-CABG (NCT00654992)
- Testing
- Erythropoietin-Beta, Normal Saline
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Nephrolithiasis, Urinary Tract Infections
A Randomized Trial of Preoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics Prior to Kidney Stone Surgery (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy [PCNL])
When patients are going to have surgery to remove large kidney stones (percutaneous nephrolithotomy [PCNL]), it is not clear whether the patients benefit from a course of prophylactic preoperative oral antibiotics; currently both…
- Trial name
- NCT02384200
- Testing
- nitrofurantoin monohydrate/macrocrystalline capsules, ampicillin, gentamicin
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Myomectomy; Surgical Blood Loss
Rectal Misoprostol as a Hemostatic Agent During Abdominal Myomectomy
Purpose is to identify if misoprostol in addition to local vasopressin decreases blood loss when compared to vasopressin alone, which is our current practice at this time.
- Trial name
- NCT03064568
- Testing
- Misoprostol 200Mcg Tab
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ureteral Stent Occlusion, Exposure Laser
Recovery Following Desflurane Versus Sevoflurane for Outpatient Urologic Surgery in Elderly Females
Numerous studies demonstrate that patients have improved immediate recovery characteristics following desflurane anesthesia compared to other volatile agents, including sevoflurane.
- Conditions
- Ureteral Stent Occlusion, Exposure Laser, Ureterostomy; Functional Disturbance, Vaginal Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT01310582
- Testing
- Desflurane, Sevoflurane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hahnemann University Hospital
Urinary Incontinence
Assessment of Two Postoperative Techniques Used to Predict Voiding Efficiency After Gynecologic Surgery
After gynecologic surgery, it may be difficult to void (urinate). This problem is usually short-term with normal function returning within a few days to a few weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT00392210
- Testing
- Voiding Trial
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Urinary Incontinence
Mixed Incontinence: Medical Or Surgical Approach?
The purpose of this study is to compare treatment outcomes for patients with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) for whom therapy is initiated with surgery to those for whom therapy is initiated with non-surgical treatment.
- Trial name
- MIMOSA (NCT00803270)
- Testing
- Non-Surgical Intervention, Surgical
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carelon Research
Stone, Kidney, Ultrasound Therapy; Complications
Accuracy of Ultrasound for Detecting Residual Fragments During RIRS
The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of ultrasound and traditional fluoroscopy to find the residual fragments before retrograde intrarenal surgery is complete.
- Trial name
- NCT05535816
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Urinary Incontinence
TOMUS-Trial Of Mid-Urethral Slings
The primary aim of this clinical trial is to compare treatment success for two minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence in women. These procedures are called mid-urethral slings.
- Trial name
- TOMUS (NCT00325039)
- Testing
- retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT), transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc)
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carelon Research
Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Revascularization
Transfusion Trigger After Operations in High Cardiac Risk Patients
The goal of the proposed study is to determine whether a liberal transfusion strategy (transfusion trigger at Hb < 10 gm/dl) in Veterans at high cardiac risk who undergo major open vascular and general surgery operations is…
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Revascularization, Acute Renal Failure
- Trial name
- TOP (NCT03229941)
- Testing
- Blood Transfusion
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,424 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes
Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting…
- Conditions
- Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes, Asthma (Diagnosis), COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Trial name
- NCT07532564
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Urinary Tract Infections
Nitrofurantoin and Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common complication after surgery for prolapse or urinary incontinence. UTIs are painful and have the potential to turn into kidney infections.
- Trial name
- APPIC (NCT00678041)
- Testing
- Nitrofurantoin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Urinary Incontinence
Chlorhexidine vs. Iodine for Vaginal Preparation in Urogynecologic Procedures
This is a randomized controlled trial to determine if there is a difference between chlorhexidine gluconate and povidone iodine vaginal preparations for urogynecological surgery post operative infections.
- Conditions
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Gynecologic Disease
- Trial name
- CLNUP (NCT04048356)
- Testing
- Vaginal scrub, to be applied vaginally and perineally immediately prior to surgery.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico