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The Efficacy of Tamsulosin in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones in Emergency Department Patients

NCT00448123 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 127

Last updated 2016-10-12

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Summary

To determine if emergency department patients with acute ureteral colic pain due to a ureteral stone who are treated with tamsulosin, versus placebo, will experience a shorter time to passage of their stone or resolution of their pain. A secondary study objective will be to determine if there is a relationship between response to tamsulosin and stone size or position in the ureter.

Conditions

  • Kidney Stones
  • Ureteral Stones

Interventions

DRUG

Tamsulosin

Study Drug

DRUG

Placebo

Placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • William Beaumont Hospitals

    collaborator OTHER

  • Robert Swor

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Swor Robert, DO · William Beaumont Hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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