Active clinical trials for "Kidney Calculi"

This is the third phase (feasibility and impact) of a three-phase project designed to derive, validate and test the feasibility and impact of implementing clinical decision support to safely limit the use of Computerized Tomography (CT) and its accompanying radiation and cost in emergency department patients with suspected renal colic. Hypothesis: Using a before and after model, integration of a clinical prediction rule into decisions about imaging in patients with suspected renal colic will result in a reduction of between 25-50% of radiation received from CT scanning in this population, without adverse affects on patient-centered outcomes.

Randomized comparison of patient outcomes following fluoroscopic guided PCNL versus ultrasound-guided PCNL.

A comparison on the outcomes of patients undergoing shockwave lithotripsy using the Storz machine versus the Dornier machine.

The EUA Urolithiasis Guidelines Panel meta-analysis suggest that mPNL is at least as efficacious and safe as sPNL for the removal of renal calculi. However, the quality of the evidence was poor, drawn mainly from small studies, the majority of which were single-arm case series, and only one of which was RCT. The risks of bias and confounding were high, highlighting the need for more reliable data from RCTs. So, the Panel recommended for more clinical research . The aim of this study is to compare between PNL and mPNL through a randomized controlled trial.

In the present study investigators aimed to investigate whether homeodomain interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) polymorphism is associated with renal stone formation in Turkish population or not. One hundred and twenty nine participants with calcium nephrolithiasis and 67 sex and age-matched healthy controls were enrolled in this study. For analysis of HIPK2 polymorphism, the real-time PCR amplification was performed in a final volume of 20μL reaction mixture, including 10 ng of genomic DNA, 5 µL of TaqMan® Universal PCR Master Mix, and 0.5 µL of 40X TaqMan® assay. The Rotor-Gene Q Series Software Version Q 2.3.1 (Rotor-Gene Q Series, Ziagen) was used for allelic discrimination. Chi square test was utilized to compare the differences of the genotype and allele frequencies between patients and controls.

Prospective single centre study aiming at validating a conditional imaging strategy for diagnosis of suspected kidney stone. Consecutive Emergency department patients referred to the medical imaging department for exploration of a suspected acute uncomplicated renal colic will undergo the following interventions : systematic plain abdominal Xray, systematic ultrasonography and systematic unenhanced CT (with a reduced dose scan), in addition to clinical examination and assessment of body mass index and the Sex, Timing, Origin, Nausea, Erythrocytes (STONE) clinical prediction score for symptomatic stone. Patients will be followed up at 1 month to record the need for urologic intervention and its type. The performances of different conditional imaging strategy for the diagnosis of suspected renal colic will be assessed retrospectively. The conditional strategies tested will be based on the patient's stone score and BMI and targeted use of combined plain X-ray and ultrasonography and/or unenhanced CT. The reference diagnosis for renal colic will be made according to the finding of a ureteral stone or indirect signs of urolithiasis at unenhanced CT.

Twenty (20) subjects presenting with a renal stone and candidates for FURS (flexible ureteroscopic renal surgery) will undergo a single FURS procedure for a kidney stone as part of the study, using the study device. These subjects will be randomized into stone breaking treatment or stone dusting.

Upper Urinary Tract Tumors have an incidence of 1 to 2 cases for 100 000 persons per year. The standard treatment for these tumors is the ablation of the kidney, ureter and a part of the bladder surrounding the ureteral orifice. The development of new diagnosis and treatment techniques through natural routes opens the possibility to use conservative treatments. The investigators hypothesis is that during a reno-ureteroscopy, laser confocal microscopy will allow the discrimination between normal and pathologic urothelium by microscopic analysis. This will prevent the systematic use of biopsies which are often difficult and iatrogenic.

The investigators will test the hypothesis that renal uptake of free (i.e. non-esterified) fatty acids (FFa) is increased in iuan. To accomplish this goal the investigators will measure renal FFa uptake FFa uptake in vivo in patients with iuan and matched non-stone forming subjects via single-photon emission computed tomography (SPeCT)/CT imaging. The definitive proof of the hypothesis rests on whether increased renal FFa uptake is demonstrable in humans with iuan.

The aim of this study is to compare the anesthesia methods in percutaneous nephrolithotomy in terms of safety and effectiveness in elderly men.