Intradetrusor Botulinum Toxin A for OAB Via 1 Versus 10 Injections: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- OnabotulinumtoxinA 100 UNT [Botox]
- Conditions
- Overactive Bladder
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- Enrollment
- 116
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Long Form Score (Symptoms Severity Sub-scale)(OAB-Q LF)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Patients with either overactive bladder (OAB) or urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) with be randomized (like a flip of a coin) to receive 100 units of bladder Botox® at either one injection site or ten injection sites. Efficacy and patient satisfaction will be measured by questionnaires.
Detailed Description
Intradetrusor (bladder) Botulinum toxin A (BTA or Botox®) is a well-established treatment for urinary urgency incontinence (UUI).\[1,2\] While this treatment's efficacy in comparison to alternative therapies including anticholinergic medications and sacral neuromodulation for treatment of UUI has been studied, the ideal number of injection sites within the bladder has not been well established. \[3,4\] Intradetrusor BTA injections are often completed as an office procedure while the patient is awake. Each injection site can cause discomfort for the patient during the procedure. Urinary tract infection and urinary retention are risks associated with this procedure and could potentially be related to number of injection sites. Currently, there is a lack of information in the literature regarding the optimal number of intravesical BTA injection sites. Prior studies evaluated efficacy using 100u BTA spread across 20 injections sites, however current practices at local institutions safely use 10 injections sites based on studies showing similar effect and adverse event profiles between use of 10, 20, and 40 injection sites.\[5,6\] Research using animal models has shown diffuse distribution of BTA within the entire detrusor muscle after just a single BTA injection at one site.\[7\] This has been corroborated in human studies.\[8\] A recently published observational pilot study shows promise for single site intradetrusor Botox® injection as it reported a lower rate of urinary retention and similar durability.\[9\] Similar clinical efficacy with only one to three intravesical BTA injection\[s\] has also been reported.\[10\] In this study, participants will be randomized to receive 100u BTA via intradetrusor injection at one injection site (experimental) versus 10 injection sites (control). Investigators hypothesize that one injection will have similar efficacy to multiple injections and potentially better tolerability and patient satisfaction, due to decreased procedure time and less pain, along with potential for lower adverse event rates, specifically urinary retention and urinary tract infections.
Investigators
Carly Ann Crowder
Fellow Physician, PI
University of California, Irvine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years old or greater
- •Diagnosis of overactive bladder (urinary urgency or frequency, OAB) or urinary urgency incontinence (UUI)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Have a diagnosis of neurogenic bladder
- •Received intravesical botox injections within prior 6 months
- •Current treatment with either: SNM, PTNS, or OAB medications - need wash out as below
- •SNM - turn device off for at least 2 weeks prior to procedure, off during 3-month follow up window
- •PTNS - no treatments within 2 weeks of start, none during 3-month post-procedure follow up window
- •OAB meds - 2 week wash out period prior to injection, none during 3-month post-procedure follow up window
- •Currently pregnant or trying to get pregnant
- •Contraindications to Botox® - hypersensitivity to Botox®, inability to self-catheterize/refusal to have indwelling catheter
- •Have a UTI (can enroll after treatment)
- •Have urinary retention (PVR\>150cc on two occasions)
Arms & Interventions
1 Injection Site
100u Botox® injected at one intradetrusor site
Intervention: OnabotulinumtoxinA 100 UNT [Botox]
10 Injection Sites
100u Botox® injected at 10 intradetrusor sites
Intervention: OnabotulinumtoxinA 100 UNT [Botox]
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Long Form Score (Symptoms Severity Sub-scale)(OAB-Q LF)
Time Frame: change from baseline OAB-Q score to 3 wk post-procedure score
Participants will be asked to Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Long Form prior to receiving the Botox procedure. The OAB-Q LF symptom severity sub-scale score will be compared prior to procedure and again to score at 3 weeks after procedure. The OAB-q Symptom Severity Score will be computed at baseline and 3 weeks (and 3 months) using the standard scoring algorithm. Minimum value of symptom severity subscale is 8, maximum is 48. A higher score means worse symptoms. A lower score means less symptoms.
Secondary Outcomes
- Post-void Residual (PVR)(PVR collected at 3 wk post-procedure)
- Number of Participants With Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)(anytime after procedure, until at least 3 months post-procedure.)
- Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) - Pain(immediately after procedure)
- Change in Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Long Form Score (Health Related Quality of Life)(OAB-Q LF HRQL Subscale)(comparison of baseline OAB-Q HRQL score to 3 month post-procedure score)
- Number of Patients With Patient Global Impression - Improvement (PGI-I) Score of 1(3 months after botox procedure)