Clinical Value of Homeopathic Prophylaxis of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection; Spinal Cord Injury
• Interventions: Other: individual homeopathic treatment; Other: standard treatment without homeopathy

• Registration Number: NCT01477502
• Lead Sponsor: Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Brief Summary

recurrent symptomatic urinary tracts infections (UTI) in persons with spinal cord injury are a frequent problem, leading to significant morbidity and to a decreased quality of life.

* until today, there is no effective prophylaxis for UTI for patients with spinal cord injury.

* homeopathy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in several chronic diseases

* study hypothesis: the addition of homeopathic assessment and treatment to a standard prevention strategy for recurrent UTI will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic UTI per year in this group of patients compared to standard prevention alone

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-21
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-22
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-10
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

• neurogenic bladder dysfunction treated by intermittent catheterization
• recurrent (>3/year) symptomatic urinary tract infections

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to speak German
• already under homeopathic treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
individual homeopathic treatment	individual homeopathic treatment	participants receive homeopathic treatment in addition to standard prevention measures for UTI
standard prophylaxis	standard treatment without homeopathy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of symptomatic urinary tract infections	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of symptomatic urinary tract infections compared to the previous year	one year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Swiss Paraplegic center; 🇨🇭 Nottwil, Lucerne, Switzerland