Vitamin C for Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in the Spinal Cord Injured

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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%.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital
• Collaborator: Dentsply Sirona Implants
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• spinal cord injury

• 3 or more episodes of UVI over previous 2 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• age <18

• continuous use of antibiotics, hippuric acid or crane berry juice