Tamsulosin vs Placebo to Prevent Postoperative Urinary Retention in Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Summary

This is a placebo controlled randomized controlled trial of perioperative use of tamsulosin to prevent postoperative urinary retention in female pelvic reconstructive surgery.

Timeline

Start

2018-08-01

Primary completion

2020-06-09

Completion

2020-06-09

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Tamsulosin was associated with a lower rate of postoperative urinary retention than placebo (5 patients [8.8%] vs 16 patients [25.8%]; PMID 33894146 ↗

paper odds ratio, 0.28; 95% confidence interval, 0.09-81; P=.02). PMID 33894146 ↗

Publications

• Background Hakvoort RA, Dijkgraaf MG, Burger MP, Emanuel MH, Roovers JP. Predicting short-term urinary retention after vaginal prolapse surgery. Neurourol Urodyn. 2009;28(3):225-8. doi: 10.1002/nau.20636.
• Background Chong C, Kim HS, Suh DH, Jee BC. Risk factors for urinary retention after vaginal hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2016 Mar;59(2):137-43. doi: 10.5468/ogs.2016.59.2.137. Epub 2016 Mar 16.
• Background Espaillat-Rijo L, Siff L, Alas AN, Chadi SA, Zimberg S, Vaish S, Davila GW, Barber M, Hurtado EA. Intraoperative Cystoscopic Evaluation of Ureteral Patency: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Dec;128(6):1378-1383. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001750.
• Background FitzGerald MP, Brubaker L. The etiology of urinary retention after surgery for genuine stress incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn. 2001;20(1):13-21. doi: 10.1002/1520-6777(2001)20:13.0.co;2-r.
• Background Reitz A, Haferkamp A, Kyburz T, Knapp PA, Wefer B, Schurch B. The effect of tamsulosin on the resting tone and the contractile behaviour of the female urethra: a functional urodynamic study in healthy women. Eur Urol. 2004 Aug;46(2):235-40; discussion 240. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.009.
• Background Pummangura N, Kochakarn W. Efficacy of tamsulosin in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in women. Asian J Surg. 2007 Apr;30(2):131-7. doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60146-9.
• Background Zhang HL, Huang ZG, Qiu Y, Cheng X, Zou XQ, Liu TT. Tamsulosin for treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Impot Res. 2017 Jul;29(4):148-156. doi: 10.1038/ijir.2017.12. Epub 2017 Apr 20.
• Background Madani AH, Aval HB, Mokhtari G, Nasseh H, Esmaeili S, Shakiba M, Shakiba RS, Seyed Damavand SM. Effectiveness of tamsulosin in prevention of post-operative urinary retention: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. Int Braz J Urol. 2014 Jan-Feb;40(1):30-6. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.01.05.
• Background Akkoc A, Aydin C, Topaktas R, Kartalmis M, Altin S, Isen K, Metin A. Prophylactic effects of alpha-blockers, Tamsulosin and Alfuzosin, on postoperative urinary retention in male patients undergoing urologic surgery under spinal anaesthesia. Int Braz J Urol. 2016 May-Jun;42(3):578-84. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0256.
• Background Poylin V, Curran T, Cataldo T, Nagle D. Perioperative use of tamsulosin significantly decreases rates of urinary retention in men undergoing pelvic surgery. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2015 Sep;30(9):1223-8. doi: 10.1007/s00384-015-2294-7. Epub 2015 Jun 23.
• Chapman GC, Sheyn D, Slopnick EA, Roberts K, El-Nashar SA, Henderson JW, Mangel J, Hijaz AK, Pollard RR, Mahajan ST. Tamsulosin vs placebo to prevent postoperative urinary retention following female pelvic reconstructive surgery: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep;225(3):274.e1-274.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.04.236. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Tamsulosin	Other / unclassified	0.4 mg	—

Indications