Pilot Study of Avoidance of Bladder Catheters in Stroke Patients to Avoid Urinary Tract Infections

Stopped early · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Stroke, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether bladder catheterization can be safely avoided in patients admitted to the hospital with stroke using a nursing protocol, and whether this decreases the incidence of urinary tract infections. The investigators hypothesize that the protocol will be tolerated by nurses and patients, and that patients without bladder catheters will have fewer urinary tract infections and better outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01275261

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

5

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adults aged ≥18
• Admission to the neurovascular service at UCSF (from the ED or from an outside hospital)
• Diagnosis of acute stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage

You may not qualify if…

• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <9
• Need for intubation or sedation
• An active medical problem requiring the use of a bladder catheter (e.g., congestive heart failure exacerbation, acute bladder outlet obstruction)
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Patients who are asymptomatic or have minimal symptoms from stroke
• Bladder catheter already in place for >12 hours
• Contraindication for bladder catheterization
• Evidence of UTI on admission

Where it is running

• University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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