UNGF Assessment in Patients With Detrusor Overactivity Undergoing Sacral Neuromodulation

Northwell Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Detrusor Overactivity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01850706

11-060A

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find a noninvasive test to help physicians diagnose detrusor overactivity (DO), to use this urine test to help diagnose bladder problems, determine if treatments are working, and determine if patients are good candidates for interventions like sacral neuromodulation/Interstim Therapy.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• for controls: age greater than or equal to 18; female gender, ability to provide informed consent and complete study requirements; subject has to be without urinary symptoms
• for cases: age greater than or equal to 18; female gender; ability to provide informed consent and complete study requirements; the subject should have symptoms of detrusor overactivity, including urinary frequency, urgency, or urge incontinence, for greater than or equal to 3 months; urodynamic diagnosis of detrusor overactivity; failed treatment with behavioral modification and anticholinergic medication

Exclusion criteria

• active urinary tract infection; currently undergoing hemodialysis or has severe renal impairment; bladder tumors; uncontrolled diabetes mellitus; post void residual greater than 100ml; history of use of anticholinergic treatment within past 21 days; history of urinary tract operation within 6 months prior to screening; heart failure; uncontrolled hypertension; severe neurological disease; history of botox usage within 1 year