Silodosin to facilitate passage of ureteral stones: A multi-institutional, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

European Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 959-964

  Sur, Roger L ^a   Shore, Neal ^b   L'Esperance, James ^c   Knudsen, Bodo ^d   Gupta, Mantu ^e   Olsen, Scott ^f   Shah, Ojas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Carolina Urologic Research Center   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^f Watson Laboratories   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic blockers; Medical expulsion therapy; Nephrolithiasis; Silodosin; Ureteral calculi; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SILODOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INDOLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84926174982     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.10.049     Document Type: Article

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