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UNKNOWNNCT04598971

Urine pH and Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infections (UTI) affect the urine pH and may lead to salt precipitation such as struvite. Bacteria with urease activity are known to alkalinise urine, but not much is known on how pH is ...

Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Contacts

Charlotte Desponds, BM

CONTACT

+41795561934 [email protected]

Alexandre Gouveia, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Adults presenting with UTI symptoms will be screened for infection and instructed to monitor urine pH during the course of treatment and 1 week after. Urine pH will be measured by the patients using calibrated pH-stix. Type of bacteria, antibiotics, and the type of diet will be monitored during the study.

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•Group 1. Cystitis
•Symptoms of dysuria, pollakiuria, no fever AND
•urine-stix positive for leucocytes OR positive culture (\>10E5 cfu/ml)
•Group 2. Pyelonephritis
•Unilateral flank pain, pollakiuria, dysuria, fever (\>38.5°C) AND
•urine-stix positive for leucocytes OR positive culture (\>10E5 cfu/ml)

Exclusion Criteria

•known urinary tract anatomic abnormalities
•Presence of a urine catheter
•Sepsis - septic shock
•Patient taking drug interfering with urine pH (diuretics, citrate, acetazolamide, topiramate,...)
•Patients with UTI diagnosed in the preceding month
•Patients having received antibiotics during the preceding month
•Male patient with a diagnosis of prostatitis
•Presence of infected kidney cyst
•Patient with diabetes
•Pregnant female
•Patient with obstructive pyelonephritis

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: October 22, 2020Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusUNKNOWN

Phase—

Enrollment50

Start dateAug 2020

Last updatedOct 22, 2020

Condition

Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Stone

Locations shown

UniSanté

Lausanne, Canton of Vaud

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ClinicalTrials.gov last update: October 22, 2020Data synced to Clareo: June 28, 2026

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