Treatment of Upper Ureteric Stones

Phase 4

• Conditions: Ureteric Stones
• Interventions: Procedure: SWL; Procedure: Flexible URS; Procedure: Semirigid URS

• Registration Number: NCT02469766
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to compare the success and complication rates of ureteroscopy, and shockwaves lithotripsy for treatment of upper ureteric stones ≤1 cm.

Detailed Description

This study will be conducted to compare the success and complication rates of Flexible, Semi-rigid URS, and SWL approaches for proximal ureteric stones with size ≤1 cm.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03
• Study First Submitted: 2015-06-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2015-06-11
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-30
• Study Completion: 2016-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

• Radio-opaque stones
• less than or equal 1 cm

Exclusion Criteria

• Active UTI
• Coagulopathy
• Pregnancy
• Ureteric stricture

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Extracorporeal Shockwaves	SWL	Patients in this arm will undergo SWL
Flexible URS	Flexible URS	Patients in this arm will undergo Flexible Ureteroscopy
Semirigid URS	Semirigid URS	Patients in this arm will undergo Semirigid Ureteroscopy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stone free rate	3 months	The stone free rate will be evaluated with non-contrast CT

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complication rate	2 weeks	Complications will be classified according to modified Clavien Dindo

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Urology and Nephrology Center; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Dakhlia, Egypt