rectal preparation before prostate biopsy:Normacol versus Povidone iodine versus placebo
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Registration Number
- PACTR202202695114430
- Lead Sponsor
- Rabta Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 144
Patients with a justified indication for biopsy:
*Those with a suspicious digital rectal exam( nodular, hard)
*and/or those with an initial serum PSA level above 4 ng/ml
- Patients whose life expectancy is greater than 10 years
-Patients with a history of prostate biopsy.
- Patients with a bladder catheter.
- Patients with a contraindication to ciprofloxacin (history of tendinopathy or hypersensitivity to a product of the quinolone family).
- Patients with a contraindication to prostate biopsy (uncorrected coagulation abnormality, untreated urinary tract infection).
- Patients with severe renal or hepatic insufficiency.
- Patients with a life expectancy of less than 10 years.
- Patients with missing data on the medical record
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method