Status:

UNKNOWN

Acupuncture for Stress-predominant Mixed Urinary Incontinence

Lead Sponsor:

Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

Conditions:

Mixed Urinary Incontinence

Eligibility:

FEMALE

35-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators plan to conduct this multi-center, three-armed, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA), compared with sham electroacupuncture (SA) and waitin...

Detailed Description

MUI tends to present with more severe symptoms and put greater burden on the health of individual and economy of society. Current European Association of Urology (EAU) guideline on incontinence recomm...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of MUI by the coexistence of SUI and urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) symptoms in accordance with EAU guideline;
  • Female participants aged between 35 and 75;
  • Stress index \> urge index in accordance with Medical, Epidemiologic, and Social aspects of Aging(MESA) questionnaire;
  • Symptoms of MUI for at least three months, and stress IEF outnumber 50% total IEF documented in 3-day voiding diary;
  • Less than 12 micturition episodes in average 24 hours documented in 3-day voiding diary;
  • Positive cough stress test;
  • Urine leakage \> 1 g in 1-hour pad test;
  • Voluntary participation in the trial and signed written informed content.

Exclusion

  • Urgency-predominant MUI, pure SUI, pure UUI, overflow urinary incontinence (UI) and neurogenic bladder;
  • Uncontrolled symptomatic urinary tack infection;
  • Tumor in urinary system and pelvic organ;
  • Pelvic organ prolapse ≥ degree Ⅱ;
  • Residual urine volume ≥ 100ml;
  • History of treatments targeted at UI, such as acupuncture, PFMT and medications in the previous one month;
  • History of surgery targeted at UI or in pelvic floor, including hysterectomy;
  • Uncontrolled diabetes or severe high blood pressure;
  • Nervous system diseases that may hamper the function of urinary system, such as Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, cauda equina nerve injury, or multiple system atrophy;
  • Severe heart, lung, brain, liver, kidney, mental illness, coagulation dysfunction or with obvious cognitive dysfunction
  • Installed cardiac pacemaker;
  • Inconvenient or unable to walk, run, go up and down stairs;
  • Allergy to metal, severely fear of acupuncture needles or unbearable to EA;
  • Pregnant at present, plan to conceive in future one year, at lactation period or within 12 months after childbirth.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 9 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 30 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

232 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04299932

Start Date

October 9 2020

End Date

September 30 2023

Last Update

January 6 2021

Active Locations (5)

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Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

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The third affiliated hospital of Beijing university of Chinese Medicine

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

3

Hengyang Hospital Affiliated to Hunan University of Chinese Medicine

Hengyang, Hunan, China

4

Jiangxi Provincial Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China