Overview
Does Treatment With Alfuzosin Increase Success Rates of (SWL) Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Status:
Unknown status
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
In latest literature more evidence is available about the positive effect of alpha blocker on stone expulsion from the ureter. Patients benefit from less pain and shortening time to stone expulsion. Our study is design to evaluate whether alfuzosin improves the stone free out come following SWL.Phase:
Phase 2Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy VolunteersDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Assaf-Harofeh Medical CenterTreatments:
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
Alfuzosin
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- patients undergoing shock wave lithotripsy treatment for urolithiasis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with abnormal liver function, postural hypotension, alpha-blocker treatment,
sensitivity to alpha-blockers, radio-lucent stone, calcium channel blocker treatment,
steroids treatment.