View clinical trials related to Interstitial Cystitis.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the use of peppermint oil as a treatment for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS).
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of commercially available genital vibrator use on sexual health, female pelvic floor disorders, and overall quality of life among a diverse population of women.
The pathogenesis of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is currently unclear. Scholars have put forward different hypotheses, including the function of the extracellular matrix surface of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) layer, downregulation of tight junction protein, increased urothelial permeability, mast cell activation, neurogenic inflammation, and psychosomatic factors. The symptoms are very similar to severe bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis, and the patients respond to existing medications. In 1956, Dr. George Hackett created a method for treating damaged ligaments and tendons called prolotherapy (proliferation therapy). Prolotherapy is defined as an alternative therapy for musculoskeletal and arthritic pain, including the treatment of irritating substances (such as dextrose, also known as d-glucose) injected into ligaments or tendons to promote the growth of new tissues. There are many clinical trials confirming that proliferation therapy can effectively treat painful musculoskeletal problems. For example, in patients with lateral epicondylitis treated with a solution with a final concentration of 10% dextrose, compared with patients treated with placebo (normal saline), pain and isometric muscle strength improved significantly. A recent literature review also tells that hypertonic glucose proliferation therapy can effectively treat a variety of musculoskeletal diseases. Hence, this research suggests that dextrose prolotherapy is an affordable and effective pain management strategy in dealing with musculoskeletal neuroinflammation pain in BPS/IC. In order to begin to understand prolotherapy and its therapeutic utility, this study should begin to elucidate the immediate response of prolotherapy in the urology field by investigating the impact of dextrose. This project is expected to accommodate subjects with BPS/IC, by injecting 10% dextrose into the bladder lining muscles of IC patients and performing various urodynamic tests and questionnaires to evaluate the patient's urinary voiding symptoms and urinary bladder function recovery. Afterward, the expressions of growth factors and cytokines in the urine samples were investigated in an attempt to reveal the mechanism of dextrose prolotherapy in BPS/IC disease.
This study is examining impact of pain on daily life, the ability to function and treatments used for patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome before and after a program of mindfulness and yoga, in comparison to patients who are undergoing treatment with their providers.
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) is a common, chronic, and debilitating condition in women. Preliminary evidence suggests that IC/BPS pain can be reduced applying non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to areas of the brain that regulate pelvic floor muscle activity. However, prior studies have examined rTMS in a very limited sample and have not examined changes in brain or pelvic floor muscle activity to determine the mechanism of rTMS for IC/BPS. This study is designed to directly address these limitations.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of super-concentrated, freeze-dried aloe vera capsules for treatment of interstitial cystitis.
This study primarily aimed to evaluate the safety of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived mesenchyma stem cells in interstitial cystitis.
The purpose of this study is to gather information from the investigation of a non-pharmacological (non-drug) treatment known as low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF). The study team will be distributing the PEMF therapy to female subjects with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) to measure its ability to decrease pelvic pain. The results, from multiple questionnaires and voiding diaries, will be compared when participants are enrolled for treatment, at 4 weeks after using PEMF therapy, and 12 weeks post-enrollment.
Interstitial cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/PBS) is a constellation of symptoms of pelvic discomfort that includes both bladder-related pain as well as urinary frequency, urgency, and nocturia in the absence of an identifiable etiology that affects likely more than 5.4 million patients in the United States. There is a significant overlap in patients with IC/PBS and those with fibromyalgia and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been shown to be effective for the treatment of chronic pain conditions. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate if LDN improves pain scores and lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with IC/PBS. A secondary aim is to show that it has a low adverse event profile.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of fremanezumab in reducing pain in patients with interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome (IC-BPS). A secondary efficacy objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of fremanezumab on other efficacy measures, including pain, voiding frequency, urinary symptoms, and quality of life. And another secondary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fremanezumab administered subcutaneously in adult patients with IC-BPS. The planned active study period is 8 weeks; the entire planned study duration for each patient is 13 weeks.