A Randomized Study of Whether Alfuzosin(Xatral) Helps in the Passage of Kidney Stones

Summary

Patients who present for the first time to Emergency Room with renal colic due to a distal ureteral calculus (as diagnosed with spiral CT scan and KUB) will be randomized to receive Xatral 10mg po once a day or placebo once discharged from the ER. The purpose of this study is to assess if patients treated with Xatral will have a higher spontaneous passage rate of their ureteral stone than those treated with placebo.

Timeline

Start

2007-10

Primary completion

2009-09

Completion

2009-10

Drugs

Indications