Trial Comparing Three Different Devices for Kidney Stone Removal During Percutaneous Surgery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Kidney Stones

In brief

The investigators plan to compare three different devices that are used to break up large kidney stones during surgery for removal to see if one is faster or more efficient than the others.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00952315

Run by

Indiana Kidney Stone Institute

People needed

270

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2017-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Scheduled to undergo percutaneous nephrolithotomy for at least one kidney stone measuring 2 cm or greater
• Stone easily visible/measurable on plain abdominal imaging (KUB) or CT scan preoperatively
• Age 18 years or older
• Able to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Size of single largest stone less than 2 cm
• Pregnancy
• Active urinary tract infection
• Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy within the last three months
• Complex stone anticipating multiple access sites
• Stones that are not clearly able to be measured on KUB or CT scan
• Inability to give informed consent
• Age less than 18 years

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• IU Health Physicians Urology — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Johns Hopkins — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Mayo Clinic Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• University of British Columbia — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• The University of Western Ontario — London, Ontario, Canada

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