The Predictive Value of Ureteral Jet Assessment With Ultrasound in Patients Presenting With Acute Renal Colic

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ureteral Calculi

Treatments: Device: renal and bladder ultrasound with ureteral jet assessment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02577146

201506127

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single institution, prospective study to evaluate the prognostic significance of renal and bladder ultrasound with ureteral jet assessment and its utility to evaluate the spontaneous stone passage rate of ureteral stones.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 and older at the time of consent
• willing and able to sign consent
• CT diagnosis of ureteral stone with a stone burden less than or equal to 10mm

Exclusion criteria

• obstructed solitary kidney
• obstructed transplant kidney
• bilateral obstructed kidneys
• any condition or reason that, in the opinion of the treating physician, interferes with the patient's ability to participate or places the patient at undue risk.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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74 participants in 1 patient group

Study ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

Study ultrasound with ureteral jet assessment will be obtained after CT diagnosis of ureteral calculus is made. Ureteral jet data will be documented and patients will be followed prospectively for 42 days for spontaneous stone passage or need for surgical intervention.

Treatment:

Device: renal and bladder ultrasound with ureteral jet assessment