Overview

Vitamin C for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in the Spinal Cord Injured

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2011-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
After spinal cord injury, patients have frequent urinary tract infections (UVI). Vitamin C is usually prescribed to prevent such infection, but the efficacy of the treatment is poorly documented. In the study, patients will be randomised either to receive vitamin C daily, or not, for one year, and clinical episodes of UVI will be registered. The null hypothesis is that vitamin C will not reduce the number of UVI episodes by 30%.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital
Collaborator:
Dentsply Sirona Implants
Treatments:
Ascorbic Acid
Vitamins
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- spinal cord injury

- 3 or more episodes of UVI over previous 2 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnancy

- age <18

- continuous use of antibiotics, hippuric acid or crane berry juice