Active clinical trials for "Urinary Incontinence, Urge"

In patients with symptoms of mixed incontinence (loss of urine associated with coughing/sneezing/laughing, and loss of urine associated with the strong urge to void), is surgical treatment with tension free vaginal tape or pharmacological treatment with tolterodine more effective? What are the parameters predictive of success or failure with either forms of treatment? What are the parameters predictive of the necessity for further treatment after primary treatment? Patients will be randomised to having surgical or pharmacological treatment for their mixed incontinence symptoms. They will be assessed subjectively and objectively pre-treatment and after treatment at intervals up to 3 months.

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.

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a collective term referring to disorders which is characterized by lower urinary tract symptoms, including bladder pain/discomfort, frequent urination without evidence of bacterial infection. The etiology of IC/BPS is still uncertain, and most current treatment for IC/BPS are only symptoms control. Our previous study revealed Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection presented in the IC/BPS bladders and involved the pathogenesis. Hence, using anti-viral medication valacyclovir for the patients with IC/BPS might have clinical efficacy.

This trial is a pathophysiological study evaluating the impact of a cognitive therapy on the perineal neuromuscular mechanisms in women patients with urinary incontinence. Some research works have been realized on the impact of a cognitive load test (CLT) on the neuromuscular continence urinary mechanisms. It had been demonstrated that a CLT induced an increase in the latency of voluntary perineal contraction. It had also been demonstrated that a CLT had an influence on the involuntary perineal contraction pre-activation. Most recently, the impact of a cognitive therapy on the perineal neuromuscular mechanisms on healthy participants had been evaluated. It demonstrated that a cognitive therapy inhibited the impact of the CLT on the perineal neuromuscular mechanisms. The present project is about the evaluation of the interest of a cognitive therapy on the neuromuscular mechanisms in case of attentional test in a urinary incontinent women population. It could conduce to new therapeutic leads for the management of urinary incontinence.

Urinary incontinence is defined according to the International Continence Society as any involuntary loss of urine, which may bring several negative consequences on women's lives, and among incontinent women, about 50% have urinary incontinence, 30% mixed and 20% emergency. The overactive bladder present in urge incontinence and mixed cause significant impacts on people's lives and has a prevalence of 16.5% in the US population. Behavioral therapies, exercises the pelvic muscles and drugs are the main forms of treatment. Drug therapy using drugs which are not specific for the bladder and are associated with many unwanted systemic side effects. The results obtained by researchers in several countries using conservative techniques in the treatment of patients with urinary incontinence are encouraging and this study aims to evaluate carefully and systematically the effectiveness of tibial stimulation technique. Importantly, also, that conservative techniques have lower cost than the surgical treatment and have virtually no side effects as most of the drugs used in the pharmacological treatment of female urinary incontinence.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcutaneous sacral nerve stimulation (TENS SNS) versus percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) is a more effective therapeutic option for subjects with idiopathic overactive bladder (OAB) who have failed conventional therapy. Our primary hypothesis is that TENS therapy is a more effective treatment option due to ease of use and improved subject compliance with this form of therapy.

Aim: To compare the effects of parasacral transcutaneous electrical stimulation with transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation on the symptoms of Overactive Bladder in women. Study's hypothesis: The use of the parasacral transcutaneous electrical stimulation technique presents better results regarding the remission of overactive bladder symptoms in relation to transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation.

The purpose of the study is to compare patient centered- outcomes between Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) at three locations to treat urinary urge incontinence. One of these locations will be along the tibial nerve, which is traditionally accessed near the medial malleolus. The second site will be on the sacral nerve which is accessed over the sacrum. The third site will be a sham site on the shoulder. This study will evaluate the feasibility of transcutaneous electrical stimulation in the treatment of overactive bladder.

Background: Patients' life quality and physical and mental health are seriously affected by Urgent Urinary Incontinence(UUI). The cause is not clear at present. It has been found that the injury of the prefrontal lobe and damage to the surrounding cerebral cortex leads to significant lower urinary tract dysfunction. Therefore, some scholars believe that urinary axis of the brain exist between the urinary system and the central nervous system, and the two are controlled by each other. Therefore, to study central conduction in patients with UUI and changes of physiology, pathology, brain chemical, brain structure in brain functional area caused by central sensitivity, in particular, changes in urine control cognition and midbrain limbic system (including memory function areas) in the brain, is beneficial to more in-depth understanding of its pathogenesis and treatment options. The Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides a possibility for the study. Method / design:Taking female UUI patients as target, through questionnaire survey, voiding diary, specialist physique, examination,ultrasonic examination of pelvic floor muscle, urodynamic examination and three sequence magnetic resonance scanning, after analyzing structural image of brian, resting functional images, dispersion tensor image, comparing with the normal control group and the female UUI group, before and after behavioral therapy in patients with UUI, and those who have no urinary incontinence and those who still have urinary incontinence after behavioral treatment, specific brain function biomarkers for female UUI patients are found and the brain function mechanism of the female UUI is to be explored in this project. Discussion: This study breaks through the traditional limitations on the cause of incontinence.And it is the first time,the mental/behavior indicators of uui patients were combined with fMRI(Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to explore biomarkers of brain and brain structural changes in patients .Then,it is becoming more and more important that the personalized treatment by building a UUI digital model using fMRI.

This research study is studying MenHealth Mobile Uroflowmetry as a diagnostic tool for LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms), a group of conditions involving the bladder, urinary sphincter, urethra and the prostate.