CompletedNot Applicable

Dipsticks and Microscopy to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Women's Urinary Tract Infections: a Pilot Trial (MicUTI)

Germany154 participantsStarted 2023-06-15

Plain-language summary

With the aim to pilot a full-scaled trial to reduce unnecessary antibiotics in women with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infections, twenty general practices in Bavaria, Germany, will be randomized to deliver patient management based on phase-contrast microscopy and urinary dipsticks or to usual care. Primary endpoints are recruitment and retention rates.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women with at least two of dysuria, frequency, urgency, lower abdominal pain or hematuria. Exclusion Criteria: * Signs of a complicated UTI (anamnesis of fever, chills or flank pain) * Clinically relevant immunosuppression (i.e., current use of any immunosup-pressive therapy, congenital or acquired disorders of immunity) * Acute or chronic functional or anatomical variations in urinary tract except renal insufficiency grade II/IIIa * Permanent bladder catheter or use of bladder catheter within the past two weeks * UTI within the past two weeks * Use of any antibiotic within the past two weeks * Accommodation in a nursing home or hospital stay within the past two weeks * Severe neurologic or psychiatric illness, severe dementia or severe substance use disorder * Other severe diseases * Being unable to understand the informed consent or to complete the patient diary * Known pregnancy

What they're measuring

Recruitment efficacy

Timeframe: 6 months (duration of the trial in each study site)

Retention

Timeframe: 28 days (duration of the trial for each enrolled patient)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05667207

SponsorWuerzburg University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-04-30