Status:

COMPLETED

The StoneBreakerTM Trial

Lead Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Collaborating Sponsors:

VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation

Vancouver Coastal Health

Conditions:

Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the LMA StoneBreakerTM to the current standard of pneumatic lithotripsy, the Swiss LithoClastR, during percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL).

Detailed Description

Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare the LMA StoneBreakerTM to the current standard of pneumatic lithotripsy, the Swiss LithoClastR, during percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL). Ration...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients over the age of 18 undergoing PNL
  • Previously untreated renal stones
  • Patients with 3 or less individual renal calculi, accessible with a rigid nephroscope
  • Stones must be at least \>225mm2 area on KUB
  • Patient must have a CT scan prior to treatment

Exclusion

  • Patients with an active contraindication for PNL (pregnancy, uncorrected coagulopathy, active urinary infection, contrast allergy)
  • Partial staghorn calculi
  • Complete staghorn calculi
  • Stones in calyceal diverticulum
  • Cases requiring multiple tracts

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00677196

Start Date

February 1 2008

End Date

September 1 2010

Last Update

September 27 2010

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Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1M9