The MultICath Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care, Renal; Subtopic: Primary Care (Renal Disorders), Renal (Renal Disorders); Disease: All Diseases, All Renal Disorders; Urological and Genital Diseases; Catheterisation

• Registration Number: ISRCTN68472863
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Southampton

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-03-10
• Study Completion: 2017-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 16 years and over
2. Intermittent catheterisation planned to continue for 12 months
3. Able and willing to adhere to a 12-month follow up period
4. Currently using or preparing to start using intermittent catheterisation (via the urethra), performed by self or sole carer
5. Patient has provided written informed consent for participation in the study prior to any study specific procedures

Exclusion Criteria

1. Aged below 16 years
2. Use of IC for self-dilatation of urethral stricture (ISD) without bladder drainage
3. Non-urethral route for catheterisation e.g. Mitrofanoff
4. External carer required for IC (i.e. where sterile technique and catheter is required e.g. visiting community nurse performs IC)
5. Inability to give informed consent or have primary outcome information collected
6. Women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breast feeding during the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptomatic urinary tract infection rate rate is measured over 12 months through monthly telephone interviews.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration