Urinary Catheter and Fast-track Surgery

• Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00817141
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 60
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 7
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 8.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Urinary catheter was placed during several days after colonic surgery. Nevertheless, it is probably unnecessary after Fast-Track colonic surgery. No prospective data permit to confirm it.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Urinary Complications	Other: Observational study, no intervention

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 60 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Is Urinary Catheter Necessary After Fast-Track Colonic Surgery?
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2008
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Actual Study Completion Date: Oct 1, 2008

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Without urinary catheter	Other: Observational study, no intervention; Observation of the complications seen without urinary catheter (which is the habitual protocol in our institution)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Incidence of urinary retention necessitating catheterisation [72 hours]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Other urinary complications and modification of the Fast Track protocol [4 days]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for Fast Track colonic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Urinary pathology

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	St Luc Hospital	Brussels		Belgium	1200

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Université Catholique de Louvain

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Forget Patrice, MD PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00817141
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2008/12MARS/82
• First Posted: Jan 6, 2009
• Last Update Posted: Mar 27, 2017
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2017

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 27, 2017