NCT03280420

Early Versus Late Catheter Removal in Patients With Acute Urinary Retention Secondary to BPH Under Tamsulosin Treatment

Early Versus Late Catheter Removal in Patients With Acute Urinary Retention Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Under Tamsulosin Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Salem Hassan Salem Mohamed · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this work is to compare between early (3days) and late(7days) removal of urinary catheter after acute urine retention in patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia under Tamsulosin treatment.

Detailed description

This is a prospective randomized study, Men with acute urinary retention secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia were catheterized and then, if they fulfilled the entry criteria, were randomly assigned to receive 0.4 mg tamsulosin hydrochloride for three days or seven days, After that the catheter was removed and the ability to void unaided assessed.

Conditions

• BPH With Urinary Obstruction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Early catheter removal	Patients will receive selective alpha blocker ( tamsulosin 0.4mg ) once daily and the catheter will be removed after 3 days. After catheter removal, patients will be allowed to void and will be discharged home who will have a successful void more than 200 cc of urine. Patients who will fail to void will be re-catheterized and will be prepared for prostatectomy.
PROCEDURE	Late catheter removal	Patients will receive selective alpha blocker ( tamsulosin 0.4mg ) once daily and the catheter will be removed after 7 days. After catheter removal, patients will be allowed to void and will be discharged home who will have a successful void more than 200 cc of urine. Patients who will fail to void will be re-catheterized and will be prepared for prostatectomy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-12
• Primary completion: 2017-09-16
• Completion: 2017-09-16
• First posted: 2017-09-12
• Last updated: 2017-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt