Vitamin C for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in the Spinal Cord Injured

Summary

After spinal cord injury, patients have frequent urinary tract infections (UVI). Vitamin C is usually prescribed to prevent such infection, but the efficacy of the treatment is poorly documented. In the study, patients will be randomised either to receive vitamin C daily, or not, for one year, and clinical episodes of UVI will be registered. The null hypothesis is that vitamin C will not reduce the number of UVI episodes by 30%.

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2011-06

Completion

2011-06

Drugs

Indications