Effects of Cranberry-Containing Products in Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2013-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of cranberry-containing products in preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs).

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Collaborator: Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least two UTIs in the year prior to study entry

• Willing to use acceptable methods of contraception

• Willing to refrain from consuming other forms of cranberry supplementation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current UTI

• Allergy to cranberry-containing products

• Active urinary stone disease

• Insulin-dependent diabetes

• Immunosuppressive disease

• Current corticosteroid use

• Intermittent or indwelling catheterization

• Pregnancy