Vitamin C Effectiveness in Preventing Urinary Tract Infections After Gynecological Surgeries

ConditionCatheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phasePhase 2

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexFemale

Age18-80

SponsorAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center

About this trial

Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial aiming to assess the role of Vitamin C supplementation in the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in women undergoing elective gynecological surgeries.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Nonpregnant women

18 years of age or older

Undergoing elective GYN surgery

Disqualifiers

Pregnant women

Already taking Vitamin C supplementation

Nephrolithiasis

Congenital anomaly or neurogenic bladder

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Ascorbic Acid 1000 MG
Placebo

Treatment groups

180 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Lead sponsor

Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov