Homoeopathy in acute uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infectio
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N390- Urinary tract infection, site notspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/026117
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients of both sexes aged 18-60 years presenting with clinical signs and symptoms of uncomplicated UTI. Any two or more from the following:
(a) Dysuria &/or urinary frequency, or urinary urgency, &/or abdominal/suprapubic pain.
2. Patients who had not taken antimicrobials within the last 2 weeks.
3. Patients willing to give informed consent
1. Pregnant, breastfeeding women.
2. Patients presenting with signs and symptoms of complicated UTI (those arising in a setting of catheterization, instrumentation, urologic anatomic or functional abnormalities, stones, obstruction, immunosuppression, cancer, renal or hepatic disease.
3.Known cases of uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension.
4.Patients unable or unwilling to give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess and compare clinical outcome of treatment with homoeopathic medicine and allopathic medicine in uncomplicated UTI [symptom severity and duration using UTI Symptoms Assessment questionnaire (UTISA)]Timepoint: Day 0, 3, 7, 10.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To compare the changes in quality of life in response to both treatment groups. <br/ ><br>2. To compare the changes in urine culture after homoeopathic Vs. allopathic treatment (micro biological outcome). <br/ ><br>3. To assess any recurrence of sign/symptoms of UTI during 6 months follow-up.Timepoint: Day 0, 3, 7, 10. <br/ ><br>Monthly recall till 06 months.