Impact of Acute Computed Tomography on Treatment Decisions and Time to Intervention in Renal Colic

Completed

• Conditions: Kidney Stone

• Registration Number: NCT06535711
• Lead Sponsor: Region Skane

Brief Summary

This study intend to evaluate the use of acute computed tomography (CT) when acute renal colic, regarding treatment decisions, time to intervention and additional visits to the Emergency Department

Detailed Description

All patients with a diagnosis of urolithiasis at the Emergency Department in Helsingborg was included during one year, 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Data regarding size and location of stone, treatment, follow up was extracted from the medical records.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-30
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-02
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Study Completion: 2025-04-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 612

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with a diagnosis of urolithiasis at the Emergency Department in Helsingborg

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with a locked medical record

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to intervention	1 year	Time to intervention, measured in number of days
Rate of interventions	1 year	Rate of ESWL (extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy), URS (ureteroscopy) and PCNL (percutanous nephrolithotripsy)
Number of additional visits to the Emergency Department	1 year	Number of additional visits to the Emergency Department

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Urology; 🇸🇪 Helsingborg, Sweden