Conditions: Urolithiasis
Keywords: urolithiasis
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 24
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The majority of kidney stones are treated with shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). We are examining if the medication Flomax will result in improved stone passage rates following SWL.

Detailed description:
Placebo blinded study examining the effects of Flomax on stone passage rates following SWL.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients on this arm will be given 0.4mg of Flomax to be taken for one month following their shock wave lithotripsy procedure. arm 2: Patients on this arm will be given a sugar pill to be taken for one month following their shock wave lithotripsy procedure.

Interventions: intervention 1: Flomax intervention 2: Sugar pill
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 0.4mg Flomax pills will be given to patients to take once daily for one month following shock wave lithotripsy to aid the stone passage. intervention 2: Comparable sugar pills will be given to the placebo group to take daily for one month following shock wave lithotripsy to aid stone passage.

Protocol document: