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The investigators central hypothesis is that women with Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS) will benefit from acupuncture compared with sham treatment and acupuncture responders will have a differential urinary microbiome.
The purpose of this study is to determine if some women with dysmenorrhea (painful periods) are at higher future risk of developing chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and if oral contraceptives (OC) can be used to reverse this chronic pain risk. Investigators will examine whether dysmenorrhea produces CPP via repetitive cross organ sensitization (COS) episodes. The use of cyclical OCs to eliminate dysmenorrhea is expected to reduce COS and decrease the risk of developing CPP.
The purpose of this study is to observe change of distribution pattern of Hunner's ulcer in patient with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
Intranasal Ketorolac tromethamine has a potential role as a short term pain management tool for Interstitial Cystitis without the risk and undesirable effects of narcotics.
The investigators believe that this study is of importance of several aspects: 1. It evaluates a new mode of bladder instillation that may bypass the drawbacks of the current instillation mode. 2. It will demonstrating safety of intravesical instillations of BTX mixed with TC-3 gel in IC patients 3. If proved effective or partially effective, this mode of treatment will serve as a basis for large feasibility study exploring its safety and efficacy aspects.
This is a study for patients that have a condition called Interstitial Cystitis, also known as Painful Bladder Syndrome. Patients would have tried at least two different therapies, unsuccessfully,(eg. medications, pelvic floor physical therapy) The purpose of this research project is to study the immunosuppressive drug Cyclosporine in patients with Interstitial Cystitis to assess how well it works, what the side effects are and what is its mechanism of action. Cyclosporine is a drug that is FDA-approved to prevent organ rejection after kidney, liver, and heart transplant but is not approved by the FDA for Interstitial Cystitis. Several research studies have been published showing that Cyclosporine can improve the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, that it works better than a placebo ("sugar pill" or inert treatment) and that it works more effectively than Pentosan Polysulfate (Elmiron), which is an FDA approved therapy. The dose of Cyclosporine used in these studies on Interstitial Cystitis are much lower that the doses used to prevent rejection in transplant patients. Based on these studies, the American Urological Association has recently published treatment guidelines that recommend Cyclosporine therapy for Interstitial Cystitis after the failure of other more conservative therapies and medications. Nevertheless, much is not known about using Cyclosporine therapy for Interstitial Cystitis including the mechanism of action, the ideal dose, how best to monitor for side effects and in particular whether kidney damage can occur at the low doses used in these studies. In this study, to examine the mechanism of action, blood and urine samples will be collected before, during and after therapy to look at "biomarkers", chemical substances that can be associated with inflammation and tissue injury. We will also test effects of therapy on skin sensation and pain perception because the molecule which Cyclosporine binds to (calcineurin) is also found in nerves that conduct pain signals. This study is only being done at the Cleveland Clinic and will involve about 30 patients with Interstitial Cystitis.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate efficacy of biomarker in patient with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
This study was designed in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial to test the actual therapeutic effects of intravesical BoNTA injection. The results of this study might provide clinical evidence for a better therapeutic regimen in the treatment of IC/PBS.
On the EAU (European Association of Urology) guidelines, the ulcer type bladder pain syndrome (BPS) should be treated with transurethral resection (TUR) or coagulation (TUC) of ulcer. But, Up to date, there was no study to compare the therapeutic efficacy of TUR with TUC in ulcer type BPS patients. We assume TUR have a more therapeutic effect than TUC.