Quality of Life in Kidney Stone Patients Undergoing Surgery

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Conditions studied: Kidney Calculi, Quality of Life

In brief

This is a prospective randomized study, comparing quality of life in renal stone patients undergoing surgical treatment with ureteroscopy (URS) versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02625051

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

30

Starts

2016-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patient with a renal or proximal ureteral stone measuring 1-2 cm in size on preoperative ultrasound, computed tomography, or plain radiographic imaging

You may not qualify if…

• Serious illness likely to cause death within the next 5 years, so as to exclude significant metabolic derangements that might lead to adverse surgical outcome.
• Stones with measured size larger than 2 cm or smaller than 1 cm.
• Patients with ureteral or renal anatomy or stones located in a position judged to be unsafe for randomization.
• Pregnancy.

Where it is running

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

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