A pilot study on symptomatic treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in general practice.
- Conditions
- bladder infectionurinary tract infection1000401810046590
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34751
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
- Women, 18-45 years of age
- Symptoms and diagnosis of UTI, according to the *NHG-standaard* (symptoms: painful or burning micturition (dysuria), frequency, urgency, hematuria, suprapubic pain).
- Who have provided written informed consent to participate
Immunocompromised patients; pregnancy; diabetes mellitus; a known urological or nephrological disorder; fever, i.e. temperature above 38°C (axillary); pain in back and-or loin (kidney region); recurrent urinary tract infections (more than three occurrences per year during the past year or a UTI in the past three months); gynaecological complaints - such as abnormal vaginal discharge, labial irritation, intermittent vaginal bleeding; symptoms present for more than three days; taken antibiotics in the past four weeks.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary endpoint will be acceptability (percentage of women who agreed to<br /><br>participate in the study). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary endpoints will be number of *failures* and dropouts, compliance with<br /><br>the treatment, duration of symptoms, recurrence rates of urinary tract<br /><br>symptoms, complications of UTIs (pyelonephtitis, sepsis), hospital admission,<br /><br>quality of life as measured using SF12 health survey and absence from work.</p><br>