Status:

COMPLETED

The Natural History of Minimally Symptomatic Nonobstructing Calyceal Stones

Lead Sponsor:

Assiut University

Conditions:

Renal Stone

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Brief Summary

* The primary aim is to study the natural history of single-calyx asymptomatic nonobstructing stone disease. * The Secondary aim is to determine the predictors of the need for intervention and of cure...

Detailed Description

The prevalence and incidence of urolithiasis have been increasing worldwide. The prevalence of urinary stone disease in the U.S. had increased from 5.5% at 1994 to 8.8% at 2010. In most of the Europea...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cases older than 18 years with renal stone disease affecting no more than one major calyx and causing neither obstruction nor bothersome pain.
  • We define calyceal obstruction as calyceal dilatation with stone impaction at the calyceal neck.
  • If the stones are not impacted or are casting the calyx, they are not considered obstructing.

Exclusion

  • Gross or microscopic hematuria.
  • Patients who have difficulty to reach our tertiary center for follow-up.
  • Other pathology in the target uretero-renal unit that requires intervention, e.g., ureteropelvic junction obstruction, malignancies, ureteric stones, …etc.
  • History of recurrent urinary tract infection.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

96 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04071340

Start Date

September 1 2019

End Date

July 1 2025

Last Update

July 23 2025

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Assiut University Hospital

Asyut, Egypt