Research in the Department of Urology

Project Title: EDGE Consortium: Randomized Control Trial Comparing Surgical Outcomes Following PCNL and Mini PCNL in the Treatment of Kidney Stones
PI: Knudsen
Description: With technology evolving rapidly and constantly, it is up to us to ensure we are using the best products possible for our patients! This multi-institutional trial is comparing the two commonly used treatment techniques for stone treatment.

Project Title: M16-100: Testosterone Replacement therapy for Assessment of long-term Vascular Events and efficacy ResponSE in hypogonadal men (TRAVERSE) Study
IRB Number: 2018W0242
PI: Jenkins
Co-I: Shipp
Description: This is a multi-site clinical trial investigating Testosterone Replacement Therapy use of Androgel on Hypogonadal (low testosterone levels) men with or at risk for cardiovascular disease.

Project Title: A Multi-Center Study of Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury
IRB Number: 2018H0502
PI: Baradaran
Description: This is a multi-institutional clinical trial comparing the practice of early urethral realignment and urinary diversion with a suprapubic tube with a planned delayed urethroplasty. Both forms of treatment are currently considered “standard of care” treatment for urethral injuries, but this trial aims to determine if one has better outcomes than the other.

Project Title: Exploration of Urologic Healthcare: Perceptions, Prevalence, and Barriers to Care
IRB Number: 2019B0009
PI: Posid
Co-I: Lee, Sourial
Description: This is a multi-dimensional research study looking at patient’s perceived barriers to obtaining health care as well as evaluating the current abilities of our Urology resident and medical student trainees in dealing with different cultural obstacles when treating patients. We partner with Physicians CareConnection free clinic (LINK) in downtown Columbus.

Project Title: Choose from the menu: Development and implementation of a long-term wellness curriculum for medical trainees
IRB Number: 2019B0268
PI: Posid
Co-I: Jaeger
Description: Residents throughout the Department of Urology have participated in a ‘Wellness Curriculum’ in attempt to reduce burnout rates among medical trainees.

Project Title: Driving Factors for Patient Discontinuation of Treatment with Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection
IRB Number: 2019H0291
PI: Crescenze
Co-I: Saluk, Baradaran, Posid
Description: Botox is a common treatment provided at The Ohio State University in the treatment and management of Overactive Bladder (OAB) and Neurogenic Bladder. Unfortunately, dropout rates are very high. This study is looking to determine the cause for patients discontinuing their Botox treatments.

Project Title: 2020-URO-01: A Prospective, Multicenter, Post-Market Clinical Registry to Collect Real-World Evidence on the Clinical Performance of SOLTIVE™ Laser for Treatment of Kidney or Ureteral Stones
IRB Number: 2020W0164
PI: Knudsen
Description: Kidney stones are a common urologic program that can be treated with lasers to help break up the stone to make it easier to remove/pass. This registry is a clinical database for clinical information from patients treated with the SOLTIVE laser.

Project Title: Urology Data Repository
IRB Number: 2020H0571
PI: Lee
Co-I: Baradaran, Box, Crescenze, Dason, Knudsen, Posid, Sourial, Yih
Description: The Urology Repository is an informational database where patient clinical information about urologic conditions can be stored for future research projects.

Project Title: OSU Urology Urethral Stricture Surgery Outcomes Registry
IRB Number: 2020H0126
PI: Baradaran

Project Title: Registry of Transgender Patients Seen at the Urology Department
IRB Number: 2021H0089
PI: Baradaran