Alternative Catheter System (ACS) Study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF A NEW URINARY CATHETER: THE ALTERNATIVE CATHETER SYSTEM (ACS)

• IRAS ID

  141692

• Contact name

  Isa Edhem

• Contact email

  isa.edhem@rothgen.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Alternative Urological Catheter Systems (AUCS) Ltd

• Research summary

  This is a single centre, non-randomised, baseline controlled, prospective pilot clinical trial to be undertaken at The Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK.

  The study will examine the safety and performance of a new urinary catheter, the Alternative Catheter System (ACS) (Alternative Urological Catheter Systems Ltd (AUCS), Bristol, UK) which has been developed to reduce the morbidity of long-term catheterisation and the acknowledged deficiencies of the conventional Foley urinary catheter.

• REC name

  HSC REC B

• REC reference

  14/NI/1091

• Date of REC Opinion

  17 Sep 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion