About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of a novel intelligent pressure and temperature-controlled ureteroscope system for treating renal and upper ureteral stones with concurrent infection. It will also assess its ability to reduce postoperative complications and improve stone clearance rates. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does the intelligent system lower the complication rate and enhance stone clearance compared to standard ureteroscopy? What safety issues or medical problems do participants experience when using the intelligent system? Researchers will compare the intelligent pressure and temperature-controlled ureteroscope system to a standard ureteroscope to evaluate its effectiveness in treating renal and upper ureteral stones.
Participants will:
Undergo surgery using either the intelligent system or a standard ureteroscope Be monitored for postoperative complications, stone clearance, and other relevant outcomes Participate in follow-up visits to assess recovery and treatment efficacy
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
18 ≤ Age ≤ 75 years old, regardless of gender, able to tolerate surgery;
ASA I-III;
Patients who have been confirmed by bilateral renal/urinary tract CT to have upper ureteral or renal stones, single or multiple, with a cumulative maximum diameter of 10mm < cumulative maximum diameter ≤ 20mm, and are planning to undergo ureteroscopic lithotripsy for stone removal;
Confirmed urinary tract infection, indicated by positive urine leukocytes and nitrite, or positive urine culture, with appropriate antibiotic treatment administered preoperatively;
Disqualifiers
Uncontrollable systemic hemorrhagic disease;
Severe spinal deformities, severe hip joint deformities, and difficulty in lithotomy position;
Uncontrolled acute urinary tract infections;
Any intracavitary surgery caused by anatomical factors of the urinary system cannot be performed;
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Intelligent Pressure and Temperature-Controlled Ureteroscope System
DeviceRIRS procedure for upper ureteral or renal stone lithotripsy with Intelligent Pressure and Temperature-Controlled Ureteroscope System
Conventional Ureteroscope
DeviceRIRS procedure for upper ureteral or renal stone lithotripsy with conventional ureteroscope
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Postoperative Complication Rate
This composite outcome measure includes the incidence of the following complications: 1. Fever: Defined as body temperature ≥38℃. 2. Urinary Sepsis: An increase in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score by ≥2 points postoperatively. 3. Septic Shock: Requires vasopressors to maintain mean arterial pressure ≥65 mmHg after adequate fluid resuscitation, with blood lactate concentration \>2 mmol/L 4. Pain: Assessed using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) within 48 hours postoperatively, recording the need for Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) or other analgesic treatment. 5. Renal subcapsular or perirenal hematomaL: Diagnosed by Computed Tomography (CT) or other imaging within 30 days postoperatively. The composite postoperative complication rate will be calculated as the number of patients with at least one complication divided by the total number of patients in the study, multiplied by 100 to obtain a percentage.
Stone Free Rate
This is defined as the proportion of patients with no residual stones or residual stones ≤2mm in diameter and asymptomatic, as confirmed by renal CT at 1 month postoperatively.
Secondary outcomes
Stone Clearance Rate at 48 hours postoperatively
The proportion of patients with no residual stones or residual stones ≤2mm in diameter and asymptomatic, as confirmed by renal CT at 48 hours postoperatively.
Intraoperative Complications Rate
The incidence of intraoperative complications, including ureteral or renal pelvis perforation, ureteral mucosal stripping, ureteral rupture, the need for conversion to other treatments, and failure of ureteral access sheath placement.
Concentration of postoperative infection markers
Changes in the concentration of postoperative infection markers Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP), hemoglobin (Hb), serum creatinine (Scr), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN).
Intraoperative Pressure
The intraoperative pressure values recorded during the procedure measured by the intelligent pressure and temperature control ureteral soft scope system.
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