A comparative study on the efficacy of Tamsulosin, Solifenacin and Mirabegron in alleviating ureteral stent-related symptoms: a randomized controlled trial.
Ureteral stent related symptoms can be a major issue in patient undergoing stent placement after any procedure such as- complains of pain, urinary symptoms, sex related and work related and other symptoms. These symptoms can be alleviated with use of drugs such as Tamsulosin, Solifenacin and Mirabegron. Patient recruited in each arm of the study will have their stent related symptoms scoring done using a validated outcome assessment tool to measure the ureteral stent-related symptoms, Ureteral Stent Symptom Questionnaire (USSQ) on day 1, day 7 and day 14 after the stent placement.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
189
placement of ureteral stents followed by Cap. Tamsulosin 0.4 mg once daily
placement of ureteral stents followed by Tab. Solifenacin 5 mg once daily
placement of ureteral stents followed by Tab. Mirabegron 25 mg once daily
NAMS, Bir Hospital
Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
RECRUITINGalleviating Ureteral stent related symptoms
mitigating the ureteric stent related symptoms using structured questionnaire
Time frame: 2 weeks
early removal of ureteral stent
early removal of stent due to stent migration, fever, urosepsis
Time frame: before 2 weeks
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