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Peri-operative Tamsulosin and Impact on Voiding Trial After Same-day Urogynecology Surgery

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Postoperative Urinary Retention (POUR)
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT06843538
Lead Sponsor
TriHealth Inc.
Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine if taking tamsulosin preoperatively decreases your chances of being discharged after surgery with a Foley catheter (flexible tube that drains urine from the bladder into a collection bag).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
166
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing any pelvic organ prolapse repair or incontinence surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any surgery involving a non-urogynecologist
  • Patients already on an alpha blocker
  • Baseline hypotension
  • History of syncope
  • Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
  • Non-English speaker or interpreter unavailable for Spanish-speaking patient
  • Impaired cognition impeding proper consenting
  • Any other medical contraindication for tamsulosin use
  • History of urinary retention requiring continuous or intermittent catheterization
  • Patients consented for the study but then due to intraoperative complication, routine voiding trial no longer indicated due to requiring indwelling catheter or intermittent catheterization on discharge will be excluded from primary outcome analysis
  • Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Study ArmTamsulosin-
Control ArmPlacebo-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Voiding trial on postoperative day 0Day of surgery

Whether or not patients pass or fail their postoperative voiding trial

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary postoperative urinary retention2 weeks following surgery

Patients who develop urinary retention after discharge

Postoperative urinary tract infection30 days after surgery

Patients who develop a urinary tract infection after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

TriHealth

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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