Clinical Value of Homeopathic Prophylaxis of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil46 enrolled

Overview

recurrent symptomatic urinary tracts infections (UTI) in persons with spinal cord injury are a frequent problem, leading to significant morbidity and to a decreased quality of life. * until today, there is no effective prophylaxis for UTI for patients with spinal cord injury. * homeopathy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in several chronic diseases * study hypothesis: the addition of homeopathic assessment and treatment to a standard prevention strategy for recurrent UTI will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic UTI per year in this group of patients compared to standard prevention alone

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

participants are diagnosed by a trained homeopath and receive individualized homeopathic treatment in addition to standard UTI prophylaxis

standard treatment without homeopathyOTHER

participants receive standard UTI prophylaxis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * neurogenic bladder dysfunction treated by intermittent catheterization * recurrent (\>3/year) symptomatic urinary tract infections Exclusion Criteria: * inability to speak German * already under homeopathic treatment

Locations (1)

Swiss Paraplegic center

Nottwil, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

number of symptomatic urinary tract infections

Time frame: one year

Secondary Outcomes

number of symptomatic urinary tract infections compared to the previous year

Time frame: one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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