Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of the T-Control® Catheter in Patients With Acute Urine Retention

Launched by RETHINK MEDICAL SL · Dec 1, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Potential participants will be identified by the team of healthcare professionals of the emergency department according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. If the patient meets the criteria, the emergency department team will be able to refer patients directly to the urology department, where the investigator or research assistant will again check the inclusion and exclusion criteria, will invite the patient or their relative/caregiver (if necessary) to participate in the study and will request their informed consent. The catheter insertion will be carried out by the resea...

Gender

MALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Males with Acute Urine Retention
• • Equal or over 50 years of age
• • Absence of symptoms of infection on the inclusion day
• • Not having been previously catheterized on the day of inclusion
• • Indication of bladder catheterization for 2 weeks
• • Maintained cognitive and physical capacity for self-monitoring the catheter valve
• • Signed consent agreement
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Current or recent urinary tract infection in the last 2 weeks
• • Use of current treatment/antibiotic in the last 2 weeks
• • Immunocompromised patients (diagnosed with advance cancer, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,...)
• • Catheter insertion requiring more than 1 attempt
• • Overactive bladder
• • Patients with bilateral obstructive uropathy

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