100
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2009
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2009
Oxybutynin
Oxybutynin was prescribed for 12 weeks, in progressively increasing doses throughout treatment. At their first visit, the patients were given 2.5 mg of oxybutynin into be taken once a day in the evening, were instructed to increase the dose to 2.5 mg twice a day from the eighth to the 42nd day, and to contact the doctor if they experienced any side effect. After this period they were seen in a second visit, and the dose was increased to 5 mg twice a day from the 43rd to the end of the 84thday, to when a third visit was scheduled.
Placebo
Oxybutyinine was prescribed for 12 weeks, in progressively increasing doses throughout treatment. At their first visit, the patients were given 2.5 mg of oxybutyn into be taken once a day in the evening, were instructed to increase the dose to 2.5 mg twice a day from the eighth to the 42nd day, and to contact the doctor if they experienced any side effect. After this period they were seen in a second visit, and the dose was increased to 5 mg twice a day from the 43rd to the end of the 84thday, to when a third visit was scheduled.
Hospital das Clinicas da FMUSP, São Paulo
Grupo de Cirurgia Vascular
OTHER