Does Treatment With Macrobid Reduce Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Receiving a Sub-Urethral Sling for Incontinence

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This project will determine whether post-operative prophylaxis with macrobid will decrease the incidence of postoperative urinary tract infection in women receiving sub-urethral slings for the treatment of urinary incontinence.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia
• Collaborator: Texas A&M University
• Treatments: Nitrofurantoin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women over the age of 18 who will undergo the placement of a sub-urethral sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria are those with a known allergy to macrobid, those with glucose-6-phosphate deficiency, renal impairment, women breast feeding or with a known pregnancy, patients taking medications for gout, and those with known risk factors for complicated UTI (polycystic renal disease, nephrolithiasis, neurogenic bladder, diabetes, immuno-suppression, etc).