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CompletedNCT00817141Updated Mar 27, 2017

Urinary Catheter and Fast-track Surgery

An observational study in Urinary Complications, sponsored by Université Catholique de Louvain. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-03-27.

Sponsored by Université Catholique de Louvain · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Urinary catheter was placed during several days after colonic surgery. Nevertheless, it is probably unnecessary after Fast-Track colonic surgery. No prospective data permit to confirm it.

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Conditions studied

  • Urinary Complications
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In context

Lead sponsor

Université Catholique de Louvain is the lead sponsor of 144 studies on the registry; 57 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients scheduled for Fast Track colonic surgery

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for Fast Track colonic surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Urinary pathology
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Without urinary catheter

    Other: Observational study, no intervention

Interventions

  • OtherObservational study, no intervention

    Observation of the complications seen without urinary catheter (which is the habitual protocol in our institution)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of urinary retention necessitating catheterisation

    Time frame: 72 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Other urinary complications and modification of the Fast Track protocol

    Time frame: 4 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • St Luc Hospital
    Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 27, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00817141
Lead sponsor
Université Catholique de Louvain
Responsible party
Forget Patrice (MD PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 6, 2009
Start date
Mar 2008
Primary completion
Oct 2008
Completion
Oct 2008
Last update
Mar 27, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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