A randomised clinical trial to evaluate the effect of reducing the shock wave frequency during shock wave lithotripsy for renal calculi

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN08124462

Enrollment

100

Registered

2006-09-29

Start date

2002-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Urological and Genital Diseases: Renal calculi Urological and Genital Diseases Renal calculi

Interventions

Consecutive patients with renal calculi attending for lithotripsy will be randomised to receive treatment at either 60 or 120 shock waves per minute. The shock wave lithotripsy treatment will be given

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 100 adults

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026