Skip to main content
. 2021 Jun 29;2021(6):CD004011. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004011.pub4
Study Reason for exclusion
2004‐005138‐38 Trial looked at the prophylactic usage of cefuroxime
ACTRN12617001191381 Intervention not relevant
Agrawal 1993 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Airaksinen 1979 Intervention was not relevant
Aunruean 2007 Intervention was not relevant
Bach 1990 Intervention was not relevant
Benjamin 2018 Intervention not relevant
Bergqvist 1979 The study compares catheter materials for long‐term usage
Boyd 2019 Intervention not relevant
Christensen 1983 Intervention was not relevant. Trial looks at intermittent drainage in long‐term IUC
Cleland 1971 Comparative study of interventions to prevent infection
CTRI/2019/02/017836 Participants of trial are children aged 1‐10 years
Dhariwal 2019 Intervention not relevant
Downey 1997 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Efimenko 2004 Intervention not relevant
Farag 2018 Intervention not relevant
Farrell 1989 Intervention not relevant. Involved suprapubic catheterisation
Fattah 2013 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Fernandez‐Gonzalez 2019 Trial uses intermittent self‐catheterisation
Ghoreishi 2003 Intervention not relevant. Trial compared catheterisation to no catheterisation in women undergoing cesarean deliveries
Gillespie 1962 Intervention not relevant. Trial looked at catheter disinfection and also involved intermittent catheterisation
Gross 1990 Intermittent catheterisation used
Halaska 1991 Intervention not relevant. Trial involved suprapubic catheters
Hollingsworth 2013 Not an RCT
Hu 1999 Intervention not relevant
ISRCTN44339585 Intervention was not relevant
ISRCTN48516968 Intervention not relevant
Jankowska 1995 Intervention not relevant. Trial compares no catheterisation to 24‐h catheterisation
Ledermair 1970 Intervention not relevant
Loeb 2008 Intervention not relevant. Trial uses stop orders for the removal of IUCs under specified criteria and does not compare durations of catheterisation. There were no fixed time points for when catheters were removed.
Mamo 1991 Retrospective study ‐ not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Mayer 1973 Intervention not relevant
Medina 2005 Intervention not relevant. Trial compares physiological and retrograde filling of the bladder to determine if one method would substantially shorten the evaluation of bladder emptying.
Menshawy 2020 Not an RCT
Michelson 2005 Intervention not relevant. Catheter protocols are not related to catheter removal
Miller 1960 Intervention not relevant. Describes outcomes between closed and open drainage systems
Mills 2018 Intervention not relevant
Moon 2012 Study involves long‐term catheterisation
Mustafa 1968 Study compares catheterisation and no catheterisation
Nadu 2001 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Nardos 2011 Catheterisation is part of intervention (vesicovaginal fistula repair)
Nardos 2012 Catheterisation is part of intervention (vesicovaginal fistula repair)
NCT00182832 Intervention not relevant. Study compares two methods of measuring post‐void residual volume
NCT00392210 Intervention not relevant. Study compares voiding techniques post‐surgery
NCT00446732 Intervention not relevant. Study compares efficacy of Uroshield treatment with standard therapy
NCT00959920 Study compared intermittent and indwelling catheterisation
NCT01067768 Intervention not relevant. Study compared efficacy of daily nurse reviews of the IUC
NCT01108757 Interention not relevant. Study compared efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis
NCT01343784 Intervention not relevant. Study compares various sling procedures
NCT01525498 Study withdrawn prior to recruitment stages
NCT01646190 Intervention not relevant. Study compares fast track programme to regular practice
NCT01797146 Intervention not relevant. Study compares catheter reminder programmes
NCT01926756 Study compares catheterisation to no catheterisation
NCT02054065 Intervention not relevant. Study looks at catheter reminder systems
NCT02126813 Intervention not relevant. Study looking at fast track programmes in surgery
NCT02357251 Intervention not relevant. Study compares current perioperative care of the investigators' gynaecologic oncology patients with a standardised perioperative "enhanced recovery" pathway
NCT02996968 Intervention not relevant. Uses intermittent catheterisation
NCT03646136 Intervention not relevant
NCT03684941 Trial registration. Uses intermittent catheterisation
NL2677 Study compares indwelling and intermittent catheterisation
Norton 1987 Study uses suprapubic catheterisation
Okrainec 2017 Not an RCT. Prospective cohort study
Panknin 2007 This is a commentary on a non‐randomised study
Patel 2018 Intervention only partially meets criteria for review. Trial compares shorter durations of catheterisation and also includes the use of alpha blockers
Pellegrini 1995 Intervention not relevant. Compares intermittent catheterisation
Peniakov 2004 Intervention not relevant. Study involved intermittent catheterisation
Perera 2002 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Priefer 1982 Long‐term catheterisation
Rabkin 1998 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Ratahi 2005 Study compares catheterisation to no catheterisation
Rehm 1962 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Ross 1966 This trial compares infection rates when IUCs were inserted with and without the application of topical antibiotics
Salem Mohamed 2018 Intervention not relevant
Sandberg 2018 Not an RCT
Souto 2000 Group allocation determined on clinical criteria i.e. not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Symonds 1967 Intervention not relevant
Tomaszewski 2015 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Uberoi 2013 Not a RCT or quasi‐RCT
UMIN000014474 Intervention not relevant. Compares catheterisation to no catheterisation
UMIN000015289 Intervention not relevant
Watt 1998 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Weitzel 2008 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Wilson 2013 Not an RCT or quasi‐RCT
Zhang 1999 Intervention not relevant
Zhao 1994 Compares suprapubic versus urethral catheterisation

IUC: indwelling urethral catheter; RCT: randomised controlled trial