This study will assess improvement in the percentage of spontaneous stone passage for distal ureteral calculi for alfuzosin compared to placebo, decrease of pain and narcotic/analgesic use associated with stone passage, decrease of the time to spontaneous stone passage, shift in the size distribution of stones passed towards larger sizes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
76
One tablet every day for 4 weeks
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Spontaneous stone passage for distal ureteral calculi
Time frame: increased
Decrease the pain and narcotic use associated with stone passage
Time frame: decrease
Decrease the time to spontaneous passage
Time frame: decrease
Shift the size distribution of stones passed towards larger sizes
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