Active clinical trials for "Urinary Bladder, Overactive"

The Genital Nerve Stimulation - GNS - consists of a two-step procedure with a preoperative non-surgical test-phase and a final surgical implantation of the neuroprothesis. In contrast to the classical technique of transcutaneous lead electrode implantation for sacral or pudendal nerve stimulation, the GNS-test-phase does not require any interventional procedure: because the genital nerves are located just few millimeter below the skin, test-stimulation can be achieved using skin surface or needle electrodes. Stimulation is achieved using a battery powered hand-held stimulator . The effect of the stimulation can be tested by the patient in their daily, home and professional environment, or at the practice under urodynamic testing, or if required other electrophysio-logical testing. After confirmation of the effectiveness of GNS, implantation of a permanent neuroprothesis can be planned. The procedure is performed either under general or spinal anesthesia or using only local anesthesia with IV-sedation as in the classical tension-free vaginal tape procedure (TVT). Because the GNS does not require two surgical procedures for both the test- and the final-implantation but rather only one for the final implantation, the presented protocol allows considerable cost reduction in comparison to the usual procedures for sacral or pudendal nerve stimulation.

Urinary frequency urgency and urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) are commonly encountered in patients after transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) or transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP). Antimuscarinics has been widely used to treat OAB and around 70% of patients can improve symptoms after treatment. Beta-3 adrenoceptor agonist (mirabegron) can also decrease DO and improve OAB symptoms. Combination treatment of solifenacin 5mg plus mirabegron 25 or 50mg was more effective than mirabegron 50mg alone, but with more anticholinergic side effects. However, there has been no clinical trial to compare which drug provides more benefit to decrease the OAB symptom severity immediately after TURP. This study tries to compare the safety and therapeutic efficacy between solifenacin and mirabegron in men with BPH and having OAB symptoms immediately after TURP. This study was designed as a prospective, randomized trial to compare the safety and efficacy of OAB medication on the decrease of overactive bladder symptoms score (OABSS) and urgency severity score (USS) between solifenacin 5mg QD and mirabegron 50mg QD in men with BPH undergoing TURP. A total of 130 male patients with BPH and undergo TURP or TUIP will be enrolled. The primary end point is the change of USS from baseline to 4 weeks after catheter removal and starting OAB medication. Secondary end-points include the changes of OABSS, frequency episodes, urgency episodes, UUI episodes in the 3-day voiding diary, maximum flow rate (Qmax), voided volume and PVR, International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and quality of life index (QoL-I) from baseline to 2 weeks and 4 weeks. We expect that patients receiving solifenacin and mirabegron might have similar therapeutic effects on decrease of USS, but patients who received mirabegron might have less adverse events such as dry mouth or difficulty in urination.

We hypothesize that LESWs might temporarily increase urothelial permeability and facilitate delivery of intravesical botulinum toxin without the need for injection.

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of kinesio tape application on bladder symptoms and quality of life in women with overactive bladder (OAB).

The purpose of the study will be to assess the efficacy and safety of bladder BOTOX® for overactive bladder symptoms, such as urinary urgency and frequency, given at the time of prolapse surgery.

The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on pelvic floor muscle strength, sexual functions, bladder symptoms and quality of life in women with overactive bladder (OAB).

In this study, the investigators will evaluate the efficacy of Bladder Thermal Distention (BTD) in patients with overactive bladder syndrome who failed previous treatment of anticholinergic drugs. The investigators' hypothesis is that it will improve the storage symptoms.

Overactive bladder is a syndrome of symptoms. The core symptom is urgency with/without urge incontinence, frequency, nocturia. The prevalence of overactive bladder increased with age. The elderly is increasing with time, so the people who suffering from overactive bladder is also increasing. Research related to overactive bladder in the field of physical therapy is remained needed. The purposes of this study are to investigate the application of physical therapy to women with overactive bladder, emphasizing on the effect of voluntary muscle contraction for urgency inhibition, including the urodynamic study and clinical study. There are three stages in this study. In the first stage, we are going to develop a specific health-related quality of life questionnaire for urinary incontinence in Taiwan version. One hundred and fifty women with urinary incontinence and fifty healthy women without lower urinary tract symptom will be recruited in the first year to investigate the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. The Short-Form 36, Chinese version, will be used as gold standard for validity. Fifty women with urgency will be recruited in the second stage to test the effect of muscle active contraction strategies to inhibit detrusor pressure and urgency. The three muscle active contraction strategies include pelvic floor muscle strong contraction, pelvic floor muscle tonic contraction, and transversus abdominis tonic contraction. The outcome variables including detrusor pressure of the urodynamic parameter and self-reported urgency score. Simultaneous image record by abdominal ultrasound during the urodynamic examination will be used to ensure the accuracy of muscle action. The predictors of success of strategy from the result of the second year will be used to stratify the patients in the third stage. Eighty women with urgency will be recruited in the final stage to examine the clinical effect of strategy for urgency inhibition.

The primary objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of transvaginally-delivered low level laser therapy (LLLT) versus Sham in the treatment of overactive bladder symptoms in women. The secondary objective is to determine the effect of transvaginally-delivered LLLT vs. sham on the quality of life.

OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) bladder injections are a highly effective treatment for overactive bladder and urgency urinary incontinence. The procedure is typically performed in the office setting with one of two medications to control comfort. However, the effectiveness of these medications has never been compared. The goal of this study is to determine which medication is better at providing comfort during bladder Botox® injections.