Could skipping antibiotics before bladder botox be safe? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05534399
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether it is safe to avoid antibiotics before bladder Botox injections in people with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury who have bacteria in their urine but no symptoms. About 526 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either antibiotics or no antibiotics around the time of the procedure. The goal is to see if skipping antibiotics leads to more urinary tract infections in the six weeks after the injection.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- antibiotic therapy (or no antibiotic therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that many patients can safely avoid antibiotics before bladder Botox injections, reducing antibiotic overuse and side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial. It may find that skipping antibiotics increases the risk of symptomatic urinary tract infections, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 526 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * MS or SCI (traumatic or non-traumatic) * Refractory OAB and/or DO (failure, intolerance or contra-indication to anti-muscarinic therapy) * Treated with intra-vesical botulinum toxin A injections having proved efficacy * CISC as the exclusive bladder management * AB on pre-operative urine analysis (performed 10 days (+/- 2 days) before intra-vesical BoNTA injections) * Exclusion of morphologic urinary tract abnormalities considered as a risk factor for recurrent symptomatic UTI. Exclusion Criteria: * Having already participated to the study * Augmentation cystoplasty * Bladder compliance disorders (\<20 mL/cmH2O) * Ongoing cyclic antibiotic therapy * Ongoing corticosteroid therapy * Modification of immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy in the 3 months before inclusion (MS patients) * Antibiotic therapy in the month before inclusion * Surgical procedure in the 3 months before and the 6 weeks following inclusion * Symptomatic UTI at the time of inclusion * Associated neurologic disease * Pregnancy or breast feeding * Individuals especially in need of protection * No informed consent * Patients incapable to follow the trial, e.g. because of language problems, psychiatric disorders, dementia and so on * Immunocompromised patients
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Locations
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Hop Claude Huriez Chu Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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