REduction of Post-Operative Urinary Retention With Tamsulosin Versus Placebo (REPOURT- P) Trial

Summary

The purpose of this study are to determine the efficacy of tamsulosin compared to placebo in reducing post-operative urinary retention and improving other clinical outcomes in people undergoing thoracic surgery.

Timeline

Start

2021-07-30

Primary completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Publications

• Background Yeung JH, Gates S, Naidu BV, Wilson MJ, Gao Smith F. Paravertebral block versus thoracic epidural for patients undergoing thoracotomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 21;2(2):CD009121. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009121.pub2.
• Background Kim KW, Lee JI, Kim JS, Lee YJ, Choi WJ, Jung H, Park KY, Park CH, Son KH. Risk factors for urinary retention following minor thoracic surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr;20(4):486-92. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu445. Epub 2015 Jan 6.
• Background Saint S, Trautner BW, Fowler KE, Colozzi J, Ratz D, Lescinskas E, Hollingsworth JM, Krein SL. A Multicenter Study of Patient-Reported Infectious and Noninfectious Complications Associated With Indwelling Urethral Catheters. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Aug 1;178(8):1078-1085. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2417.
• Background Shokrpour M, Shakiba E, Sirous A, Kamali A. Evaluation the efficacy of prophylactic tamsulosin in preventing acute urinary retention and other obstructive urinary symptoms following colporrhaphy surgery. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):722-727. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_18_19.
• Background Basheer A, Alsaidi M, Schultz L, Chedid M, Abdulhak M, Seyfried D. Preventive effect of tamsulosin on postoperative urinary retention in neurosurgical patients. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 May 10;8:75. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_5_17. eCollection 2017.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.