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Intraoperative Assessment of of Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL)

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity of Washington
NCT03873259 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL) is a novel method of urinary stone fragmentation that uses multi-cycle bursts of low amplitude ultrasound to induce stone fracture. This is in contrast to traditional extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), which employs a brief single compression/tensile cycle of high amplitude (shock) waves to achieve stone fracture. This is a single-arm feasibility study to test the ability of BWL to comminute (fragment) stones in humans.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals presenting with at least one kidney stone apparent on CT * Individuals scheduled for clinical stone removal via ureteroscopy (URS) Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals under 18 years of age * Individuals belonging to a vulnerable group (pregnant, mentally disabled, prisoner, etc.) * Individuals with uncorrected bleeding disorders or coagulopathies * Individuals taking a clinically significant anticoagulant dose at the time of the procedure * Individuals with a calcified abdominal aortic aneurysm or calcified renal artery aneurysm * Individuals with a solitary kidney * Individuals with a comorbidity risks which, at the discretion of the physician, would make the patient a poor candidate for the BWL procedure
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What it tests

  • Burst Wave Lithotripsy
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Where

2 sites
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, United States
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, United States
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