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. 1998 Oct 26;1998(4):CD001322. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001322

NCT00305071.

Study name Effect of adjuvant treatment with compound cranberry extract tablets in acute bacterial cystitis
Methods
  • Double‐blind, placebo‐controlled RCT

Participants
  • 60 females, 20‐65 years

  • Inclusion criteria: female patient with non‐complicated acute bacterial cystitis

  • Exclusion criteria: recent (less than one month) urinary tract infection, partially treated acute cystitis; anatomical or function disease of the lower urinary tract; patients received radical pelvic surgery; associated bladder stone disease; upper urinary tract anomaly or urolithiasis; systemic ‐ infection with body temperature higher than 38°C ‐ known allergic reaction to cranberry or vitamin C; pregnant or prepare to be pregnant

Interventions Intervention group
  • Will receive 3‐day oral trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (80/400 mg) 2 tablets twice a day on day 1 to 3 plus oral compound cranberry extract tablets (UmayC, 900 mg) 2 tablets three times a day on day 1 to 7


Control group
  • Will received same oral antibiotics plus identical placebo prescribed as the same protocol of intervention arm. For patients with known allergic reaction to sulfa drug, the empirical antibiotics will be replaced by cephalexin (250 mg) 2 capsules four times a day.

Outcomes Primary outcome measures
  • Time to symptoms relief


Secondary outcome measures
  • Pyuria eradication rate

Starting date April 2006
Contact information Contact: Po‐Chien Huang, MD 886‐3‐3179599 ext 8223 m001435@e‐ms.com.tw
Contact: Hung‐Ju Yang, MD 886‐3‐3179599 ext 8225 m001436@e‐ms.com.tw
Notes Recruitment status at 21 March 2006: not yet recruiting
No results published as at 18 August 2020