Individualized Homeopathy to Reduce the Use of Antibiotics in Women With Recurrent Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Females, age 18 \< 64 years
• •2. Signed informed consent
• •3. Documented recurrent UTI (i.e. ≥ 2 UTI in 6 months and/ or ≥ 3 UTI in 12 months)
• •4. No change of other prophylactic treatment (e.g. Urovaxom, oestrogen) for recurrent UTI for at least three months before baseline
• •5. No product or dosage change of systemic hormonal treatment (including oral anticonception) for at least three months before baseline
• •6. Female participants who are not capable of bearing children or who use a method of contraception that is medically approved by the health authority of the respective country.
• •This includes:
• •A woman who is not capable of bearing a child is defined as follows: post-menopausal (12 months natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea or 6 months spontaneous amenorrhea with serum-FSH-values (follicle-stimulating hormone) of \>40 mIU/mL); 6 weeks after a bilateral ovariectomy with or without hysterectomy or sterilization by means of tubal ligation
• •A woman capable of bearing child is defined as follows: a woman who is physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose occupation, lifestyle or sexual orientation exclude sexual intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners have been sterilized by vasectomy or other measures.
• •Medically-approved methods of contraception can include the following: hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine device and double barrier method. Acceptable preventive measures can include total abstinence at the discretion of the investigator, in cases where compliance is ensured because of the study participant's age, occupation, lifestyle or sexual orientation. Periodical abstinence (e.g. calendar, ovulation, symptothermal methods or abstinence until the 4th day after the ovulation) as well as coitus interruptus are not acceptable methods of contraception.
• •A reliable method of contraception must be used for the entire duration of the study.