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Less to Hold - A Comparison of Bladder Toxicities (Side Effects) in Patients Undergoing Prostate Radiotherapy Between Patients Treated With Empty Bladder and Those on a Drinking Protocol.

NCT03832803 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-02-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Radical radiotherapy to the prostate is conventionally treated with a full bladder with the aim of minimising dose to the bladder and small bowel to prevent significant side effects. Tolerance of the bladder filling protocol varies depending on patients' baseline urinary function. It is not uncommon for some men to have "accidents" during treatment causing understandable distress. This can also extend the treatment time and cause knock on delays in the radiotherapy department.

Several United Kingdom (UK) centres report treating with an empty bladder. The investigators carried out a feasibility study comparing treatment with full bladder to empty bladder to ascertain if the investigators can safely change our protocol to that of an empty bladder.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empty bladder

No drinking protocol.

BEHAVIORAL

Full bladder

Followed drinking protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alison Birtle · Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-01
Completion
2019-01-25

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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