Vitamin C for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in the Spinal Cord Injured
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2011-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
After spinal cord injury, patients have frequent urinary tract infections (UVI). Vitamin C is
usually prescribed to prevent such infection, but the efficacy of the treatment is poorly
documented. In the study, patients will be randomised either to receive vitamin C daily, or
not, for one year, and clinical episodes of UVI will be registered. The null hypothesis is
that vitamin C will not reduce the number of UVI episodes by 30%.