Alternatives to prophylactic antibiotics for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infection in wome
- Conditions
- Specialty: Renal disorders, Primary sub-specialty: Renal disordersUKCRC code/ Disease: Renal/ Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tractUrological and Genital Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN70219762
- Brief Summary
2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30413181 protocol 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35264408/ (added 11/03/2022) 2022 Funder report results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35535708/ (added 11/05/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 240
1. Women aged 18 years and over
2. Women with rUTI who, in consultation with a clinician, have decided that prophylaxis is an appropriate option (to include women who have suffered at least three episodes of symptomatic UTI within the preceding 12 months or two episodes in the last 6 months or a single severe infection requiring hospitalisation)
3. Able to take a once daily oral dose of at least one of nitrofurantoin, or trimethoprim, or cephalexin
4. Able to take methenamine hippurate
5. Women who agree to take part in the trial but who are already taking Methenamine or antibiotic prophylaxis will be consented for participation and will stop their preventative therapy for a 3-month washout period. They will then be reassessed and if still eligible undergo baseline assessment and randomisation
6. Able to give informed consent for participation in trial
7. Able and willing to adhere to an 18-month study period
1. Women unable to take methenamine hippurate e.g. known allergy to methenamine hippurate, severe hepatic impairment (Child–Pugh class C, score of 10 or more), gout, eGFR < 10 ml/min, Proteus sp. as consistent proven causative organism for rUTIs
2. Women who are unable to take nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim and cephalexin
3. Women with correctable urinary tract abnormalities that are considered to be contributory to the occurrence of rUTI
4. Presence of symptomatic UTI – this will be treated and symptoms resolved prior to randomisation.
5. Pregnancy or intended pregnancy in next 12 months
6. Women who are breast feeding
7. Women already taking methenamine or antibiotic prophylaxis and declining a 3-month washout period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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