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Herbal Patch for Overactive Bladder

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Overactive Bladder Syndrome
Interventions
Drug: herbal patch
Drug: placebo patch
Registration Number
NCT03532789
Lead Sponsor
En Chu Kong Hospital
Brief Summary

Overactive bladder is a clinical syndrome characterized by frequency, with or without urge incontinence, urgency, and nocturia, which affect patients' sleeping quality and rehabilitation program progressing. Current treatments include behavioral therapy (eg, life style adjustment, bladder training, pelvic floor muscle therapy) and medication. Antimuscarinic agents is the most common medications prescribed for OAB, but patients often have side effects like dry mouth and constipation. And there were plenty of herbal medicine which are beneficial to urine frequency and voiding dysfunction in ancient Chinese medicine books and records. In human trial, 62 Subjects diagnosed as overactive bladder will be enrolled and treated with Cinnamon patch. After treatment we will estimate the efficacy and record adverse events to conduct statistically analysis.

Detailed Description

Overactive bladder is a clinical syndrome characterized by frequency, with or without urge incontinence, urgency, and nocturia, which affect patients' sleeping quality and rehabilitation program progressing. Current treatments include behavioral therapy (eg, life style adjustment, bladder training, pelvic floor muscle therapy) and medication. Antimuscarinic agents is the most common medications prescribed for OAB, but patients often have side effects like dry mouth and constipation. And there were plenty of herbal medicine which are beneficial to urine frequency and voiding dysfunction in ancient Chinese medicine books and records. In human trial, 62 Subjects diagnosed as overactive bladder will be enrolled and treated with Cinnamon patch. After treatment we will estimate the efficacy and record adverse events to conduct statistically analysis.

The 1st year project: (1) Expect to enroll 62 clinical subjects of OAB. (2) Evaluate subjects 'symptom and proceed patch treatment. (3) Record treatment responses including adverse effect. (4) Conduct statistically analysis.

The 2nd year project: (1) Completing enrollment of 62 clinical subjects of OAB. (2) Finish evaluation and treatment of all subjects. (3) Statistically analysis all collecting data (4) Discuss and analyze the outcome.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria
  • urgency score of OABSS ≥ 2 or total score of OABSS ≥ 3
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Exclusion Criteria
  • suffering from acute urinary tract infection
  • recurrent urinary tract infection ≥ 5 times in the last year
  • Hematuria or bladder stone disease
  • using foley catheter
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Spinal cord injury patients
  • Mental illness or substance abuse
  • taking medicine for the treatment of overactive bladder within one month
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
herbal patch groupherbal patchusing herbal patch as an intervention
placebo patch groupplacebo patchusing placebo patch as an intervention
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
OABSSChange from Baseline OABSS at 2weeks

Overactive bladder symptom score, questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
PPBCChange from Baseline PPBC at 2weeks

Patient perception of bladder condition, questionnaire

USSChange from Baseline USS at 2weeks

Urgency Severity Scale, questionnaire

TCMBCQChange from Baseline TCMBCQ at 2weeks

Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Constitution Questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

EnChuKong hospital

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New Taipei City, Sanxia Dist, Taiwan

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