Status:

COMPLETED

Metabolic Assessment of Aging Men With Urinary Lithiasis

Lead Sponsor:

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Conditions:

Urolithiasis and Aging

Renal Calcul and Metabolic Diseases

Eligibility:

MALE

50+ years

Brief Summary

Urinary lithiasis is a common disease on young adults, but not so far on aging people. Nowadays, the investigators are seeing a gradative growth on men above sixty years old, mainly in industrialized ...

Detailed Description

Urolithiasis is a common disease, with an overall prevalence about 2% in the world. Accordingly growth of life expectancy, elderly people become more susceptible to present renal calculi. The investi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men above fifty years-old with urolithiasis diagnosis (case arm)
  • Men above fifty years-old without urolithiasis diagnosis (control arm)

Exclusion

  • Urolithiasis diagnosis (clinical or incidental) before fifty years-old.
  • Urinary culture positive

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01246531

Start Date

January 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

November 23 2010

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University of São Paulo General Hospital

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05403010