Treatment of Upper Ureteric Stones

Mansoura University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Ureteric Stones

Treatments: Procedure: SWL; Procedure: Flexible URS; Procedure: Semirigid URS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02469766

upper ureteric stones

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to compare the success and complication rates of ureteroscopy, and shockwaves lithotripsy for treatment of upper ureteric stones ≤1 cm.

Full description

This study will be conducted to compare the success and complication rates of Flexible, Semi-rigid URS, and SWL approaches for proximal ureteric stones with size ≤1 cm.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Radio-opaque stones
• less than or equal 1 cm

Exclusion criteria

• Active UTI
• Coagulopathy
• Pregnancy
• Ureteric stricture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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240 participants in 3 patient groups

Extracorporeal Shockwaves

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this arm will undergo SWL

Treatment:

Procedure: SWL

Semirigid URS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this arm will undergo Semirigid Ureteroscopy

Treatment:

Procedure: Semirigid URS

Flexible URS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this arm will undergo Flexible Ureteroscopy

Treatment:

Procedure: Flexible URS