Stent Omission After Ureteroscopy and Lithotripsy in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (SOUL MUSIC)

Summary

This is a multicenter prospective trial with randomized and observational cohorts assessing patient-reported outcomes and unplanned healthcare utilization following ureteroscopic treatment of renal and ureteral stones, with placement versus omission of a ureteral stent. Eligible participants in the randomization trial will be randomized to ureteroscopy with stent placement or stent omission. Eligible participants that consent to the observational only cohort will complete surveys and the treating physicians will decide the treatment options for the participants. The study team hypothesizes that: * Pain interference change from pre-surgery to Day 7-10 will differ between the two treatment arms. This hypothesis will be evaluated separately in the randomized and observational cohorts. * Unplanned healthcare utilization in the treatment arms will have different unplanned healthcare utilization ranks leading to a win proportion significantly higher or lower than 0.5 in the stent omission arm compared to the stent placement arm. This hypothesis will be evaluated separately in the randomized and observational cohorts.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Device
  Standard of care stent placement

  Participants will have a stent placed per randomization assigned if there are no complications (per protocol) during ureteroscopy that excludes the participant.

• Other
  No stent placement

  Participants not have a stent placed per randomization assigned if there are no complications (per protocol) during ureteroscopy that excludes the participant.

• Other
  Surveys

  All participants in the trial cohort and observational arms will be asked to complete survey instruments (evaluating their pain, quality of life, and experiences following ureteroscopy, as well as surveys evaluating their opinions and preferences around ureteral stenting, etc.). Participants will also have routine clinical data (preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative) to be collected and analyzed for research purposes.

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