# Tamsulosin to Prevent Postoperative Urinary Retention in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

> **NCT04434378** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio** · enrollment: 170 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Operative Urinary Retention

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Tamsulosin
- **DRUG:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04434378
- **Lead sponsor:** Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2017-11-16
- **Primary completion:** 2020-02-05
- **Final completion:** 2020-02-05
- **Target enrollment:** 170 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Significant difference not reached on interim analysis
- **Last updated:** 2020-06-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04434378

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04434378, "Tamsulosin to Prevent Postoperative Urinary Retention in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04434378. Licensed CC0.

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