Status:
COMPLETED
Behavioral Therapy to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Parkinson's Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Conditions:
Urinary Incontinence
Parkinson's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background: Parkinson's disease affects up to 3% of persons over the age of 65. Lower urinary tract symptoms are a frequent cause of diminished quality of life in elderly persons and occur in up to 40...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
- ≥4 weekly episodes of UI with \>50% of accidents associated with feelings of urgency where urgency is defined as the complaint of a sudden compelling desire to pass urine, which is difficult to defer
- Willingness to attend clinic visits
- Willingness to keep bladder diaries
- Exclusion criteria:
- Cognitive impairment, as evidenced by a Folstein mini-mental status examination (MMSE) of \< 24, or inability to produce an interpretable 7-day bladder diary
- Use of an indwelling urinary catheter
- Suggestion of bladder outlet obstruction as evidenced by having been prescribed in-and-out catheterization in the past 12 months, having a post-void residual by bladder ultrasound of ≥300 milliliters or a peak voiding flow rate of ≤ 4 mL/min on a void ≥ 125 mL in volume
- Severe uterine prolapse past the vaginal introitus
- Poorly controlled diabetes defined by a hemoglobin A1c (HgbA1c) of \>8.0%
- Chronic renal failure and on hemodialysis
- Poorly controlled congestive heart failure or poorly controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as evidenced on physical exam
- Genitourinary cancer with ongoing surgical or external beam radiation treatment
- Any unstable health condition expected to result in hospitalization or death within in the next 3 months as determined by principal investigator.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00866710
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
October 1 2011
Last Update
January 12 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30033