Active clinical trials for "Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic"

Incontinence associates with military service and post-traumatic stress disorder in both male and female Veterans. Neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) is caused by spinal cord injury or disorder, or peripheral neurodegenerative conditions, and causes urine leakage at low volumes. NDO is disproportionately experienced by Veterans and treatment effectiveness varies greatly between individuals. This project will demonstrate the feasibility of a new type of nerve stimulation-triggered sacral neuromodulation-to treat NDO in Veterans. A wireless bladder sensor will be inserted into the bladder to transmit a feedback signal enabling stimulation from a percutaneous lead. The wireless sensor will also measure NDO symptoms during simulated activities of daily living without catheters. Catheter-free detection of bladder activity will improve the outcomes of neuromodulation evaluations for Veterans with NDO. Future work could use the triggered neuromodulation system to study other methods of nerve stimulation to treat bladder, bowel, or sexual dysfunction.

The investigators have developed a novel pressure monitoring device that hooks to standard urinary catheters that are used by patients with a neurogenic bladder on daily clean intermittent catheterization. The device has already been demonstrated to be accurate compared to the gold standard in clinic urodynamics. This study will assess the patients and care givers ability and experience using the device in a home setting.

Participants will undergo daily gentamicin bladder instillations to determine if its use will reduce the rate of symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs) as well as the use of oral and intravenous antibiotics in adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) who have recurrent UTIs. Participants are randomized into one of three groups: 1) Gentamicin and saline instillation 2) Saline only instillation 3) Standard of care, no instillation.

Continent Cutaneous Urinary Deviation (CUD), using the Mitrofanoff, Yang-Monti or Casale principle, is offered to patients with neurological diseases who are unable to perform intermittent catheterisation through the native urethra due to upper limb disability. There is very little data in the literature examining the long-term efficacy and complications of this technique. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of long-term CUDs in spinal cord injury patients. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the surgical complications and the impact on the patient's quality of life. For each patient, several data will be collected and analyzed: age at operation, sex, Body Mass Index (BMI), ASA score, ASIA score, type of bladder dysfunction assessed by urodynamic evaluation, urinary abnormalities assessed by morphological examination (ultrasound and / or computed tomography) and cystoscopy, creatinine clearance, operative indications, initial mictional mode, surgical assembly and any immediate or late complications. In a second stage, a questionnaire survey will be conducted by telephone.

This study will incorporate critical cross viscero-visceral intersystem interactions to 1) investigate in a controlled laboratory setting and then with mobile at-home monitoring the extent, severity, and frequency of occurrence of autonomic dysreflexia with respect to daily bladder and bowel function, in conjunction with identifying potential underlying mechanisms by examining urinary biomarkers for several specific vasoactive hormones, and 2) to regulate cardiovascular function therapeutically as part of bladder and bowel management using spinal cord epidural stimulation.

The goal of this clinical trial research study is to evaluate the impact of preoperative oral immunonutrition (IN) on post-operative complications in patients undergoing a cystectomy. As a secondary focus, this study will aim to develop a signature that would identify patients that would benefit the most from IN. This is a multicentric (Swiss: N=3), prospective, controlled, pragmatic, parallel-group comparative study with block randomization stratified by centers.

Building on recent improvements, state-of-the-art functional MRI will be applied as an advanced diagnostic tool for the lumbosacral cord in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients to characterize the remaining neuronal activity of the motor and sensory neurons. Alterations in the activity pattern will reveal the effect upon task-related spinal cord activity of the lower motor neurons and sensory neurons undergoing trauma-induced neurodegeneration, at a spatial specificity that has not been possible so far. Results of this study will be of crucial importance because SCI patients can only profit from regeneration-inducing therapies if spinal neuronal function is preserved below the level of lesion.

The Uroshield device is a commercially available device with two parts: a disposable actuator which attaches to the external portion of the catheter and a portable battery. The device sends out low-frequency ultrasound waves which run along the surfaces of the catheter. These acoustic waves prevent bacteria from adhering to the catheter and prevent the formation of biofilm. Our objective is to conduct a pilot study to determine if the UroShield device can reduce bacteriuria and catheter biofilm formation among neurogenic bladder patients with an indwelling catheter, as well as improve urinary quality of life and symptoms.

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of sacral neuromodulation in neurogenic patients compared to non-neurogenic (idiopathic) patients. [. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: determine efficacy and safety of the therapy in neurogenic patients. compare outcomes of the therapy to idiopathic patients. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare the outcomes of the therapy between the neurogenic and non-neurogenic subset of patients.

The investigators have developed a novel pressure monitoring device that hooks to standard urinary catheters. The investigators will be testing how the pressure measurements recorded with this device compare to the gold standard measurement of urodynamics.