Are cranberry capsules useful in preventing urinary tract infection in hip fracture patients with urinary tract catheter

Conditions: rinary tract infections in patients with hip fractures.
MedDRA version: 9.1Level: LLTClassification code 10046571Term: Urinary tract infection

Registration Number: EUCTR2008-002390-13-SE

Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients admitted to the University hosptial with hip fracture
2. Woman
3. Older than 60 years
4. Patients with an signed informed consent form

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

1. Permanent urinary tracht catheter
2. Medication with Warfarin
4. Kidney disease with prescribed protein reduced diet or a maximum limit of liquid intake or dialysis treatment
5. Serious liver disease or high alcohol intake
6. Symptoms of on-going urinary tract infection
7. Antibiotic treatment at admission

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Main Objective: To investigate if cranberry capsules can decrease the incidense of bacteriuria in hip fracture patients with a peroperative urinary tract catheter ;Secondary Objective: Is there a difference in time to first urinary tract infection between the cranberry- and placebo treated groups?<br>Are there any differences in the urinary tract catheter biofilm between the cranberry- and placebo groups?<br>Is there a difference in IL-6 levels in the urine of cranberry- and placebo treated patients?<br>;Primary end point(s): Prevalence of bacterias in the urine.

Secondary Outcome Measures