Peri-operative Tamsulosin and Impact on Voiding Trial After Same-day Urogynecology Surgery

Recruiting now · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Postoperative Urinary Retention (POUR)

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to determine if taking tamsulosin preoperatively decreases your chances of being discharged after surgery with a Foley catheter (flexible tube that drains urine from the bladder into a collection bag).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06843538

Run by

TriHealth Inc.

People needed

166

Starts

2025-02-03

Expected to finish

2026-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing any pelvic organ prolapse repair or incontinence surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Any surgery involving a non-urogynecologist
• Patients already on an alpha blocker
• Baseline hypotension
• History of syncope
• Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
• Non-English speaker or interpreter unavailable for Spanish-speaking patient
• Impaired cognition impeding proper consenting
• Any other medical contraindication for tamsulosin use
• History of urinary retention requiring continuous or intermittent catheterization
• Patients consented for the study but then due to intraoperative complication, routine voiding trial no longer indicated due to requiring indwelling catheter or intermittent catheterization on discharge will be excluded from primary outcome analysis
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• TriHealth — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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