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Filter by:This study evaluates the effects of two doses of oral AQX-1125 on bladder pain and other urinary symptoms in subjects with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Participants will receive either 100 mg AQX-1125, 200 mg AQX-1125 or placebo for the first 12 weeks of the study. After 12 weeks, all participants will receive either 100 mg or 200 mg AQX-1125 for 52 weeks.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the combination product (URG101) is safe and effective versus its individual components (Heparin Sodium and Lidocaine Hydrochloride) for the treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. The study is randomized and double-blinded such that neither the subject nor doctor will know which drug or placebo is received.
In 2014, the American Urological Association updated it management algorithm for Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS). As the algorithm progresses, interventions become increasingly invasive and morbid. 4th line treatment is sacral neuromodulation (SNM), involving a two stage surgical procedure and permanent device implantation. While the mechanism for decrease in IC/PBS symptoms is unknown, SNM is thought act through central and peripheral mechanisms related to afferent signaling, causing modification of pain and lower urinary tract sensation.¹ Percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) is a method of peripheral neuromodulation targeting the same nerve roots as SNM, but with significantly fewer risks. The purpose of our research is to determine if PTNS is effective in the treatment of IC/PBS. The results of this study will suggest future directions and provide critical information to design studies to determine to what extent and in what situations PTNS may be effective. The investigators will enroll subjects with IC/PBS and urinary frequency/urgency to treatment with 12 weekly treatments of PTNS. The investigators will assess symptoms and lower urinary tract function before, during and after the treatments. At the completion of treatments, subjects will be asked to enroll in post-study follow up monitoring to understand the duration of symptom effect.
Patients who are already scheduled to have a gynecologic, urologic or uro-gynecologic procedure involving cystoscopy (a lighted scope is used to look inside the bladder) under anesthesia will be approached to participate in the study. Once prospective study subjects are consented, they will be requested to complete the study questionnaires. At the time of the procedure, during the cystoscopy, patients will undergo hydrodistension (stretching the bladder with fluid). Photographic images of the bladder will be collected, to be later analyzed by examiners. Patients who have positive findings for interstitial cystitis during cystoscopy with hydrodistension, will be notified of the findings after the procedure. They will be asked to fill out an additional, previously completed questionnaire at the time of a follow-up visit, during a phone interview or responding to the questionnaire via a secure web site. These patients will be treated for interstitial cystitis by their primary providers as clinically indicated.
Interstitial cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a chronic debilitating condition that severely impacts between 2.7 and 6.5 percent of women in the United States. Despite its public health importance the pathogenesis of IC/PBS is not well understood and there is no consensus on the optimal treatment approach for this condition. Hydrodistention is the most commonly used therapy for this condition; but it is limited by severe immediate postoperative bladder pain and its short duration of action. It has been postulated that hydrodistention works by disrupting the sensory nerves within the bladder that may be contributing to bladder pain. Recent evidence has provided support for the use of preemptive pudendal nerve block as a way to blunt immediate postoperative pain. The investigators hypothesize that preemptive pudendal nerve block prior to hydrodistention will result in lower postoperative pain after hydrodistention compared to placebo. This is a prospective double- blinded randomized study and patients will be randomized to receive preemptive bilateral pudendal nerve block with either 1% lidocaine or placebo. Bladder pain will be compared at baseline, 2 hours, 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months using the Visual Analog Scale, O'Leary-Sant questionnaire and the Pelvic Pain Urgency and Frequency questionnaire.
This study is the second phase of the MAPP Network and is designed to conduct a prospective, observational study of men and women with UCPPS, referred to as the Symptom Patterns Study (SPS), enriched with pre-defined subgroups, with longer follow-up, in order to further investigate clinical and biologic factors associated with worsening and/or improvement of reported urinary and non-urinary symptoms.
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a poorly understood disease with unreliable treatments. Although it is not known what causes it for certain, we do know that life stressors may make the disease worse or cause flares. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8 week class focused on meditation and other techniques that the investigators think may be helpful to people with IC/BPS. This trial will assign participants to an MBSR class or usual care for their IC/BPS to see if the MBSR class would be helpful for their disease.
The purpose of this research study is to identify the optimal usage of Onabotulinumtoxin A in interstitial cystitis. Onabotulinumtoxin A, more commonly known by the trade name Botox®, is a medication that comes from the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. It works by blocking the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine(a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells and other cells in the body). Blocking that neurotransmitter results in decreased muscle activity.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravesical instillation of Lipotoxin for the treatment of IC/BPS
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.