Treatment of the Overactive Bladder Syndrome: A Delphi Study

Completed

• Conditions: Overactive Bladder Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Delphi questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT04300400
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Brief Summary

Idiopathic overactive bladder syndrome (iOAB) is a prevalent condition in urological practice. The variability in management between specialists and between centers remains high. Even guidelines are not always clear on the treatment management of drug therapy resistant OAB. Standardization in OAB treatment is needed.

Detailed Description

Guidelines on the overactive bladder syndrome (European Association of Urology, American Urology Association and International Consultation on Incontinence) are comparable but remain vague mainly on the level between conservative and major surgery. They do not specify combinations of medications and do not distinguish between intradetrusor botulinum toxin injections (BTX) and sacral neuromodulation (SNM) because of lack of evidence.

To reduce the variability in the treatment management of OAB, standardization is needed.

By use of a Delphi technique, the current perception of Belgian urologists towards the most appropriate treatment approach for idiopathic OAB (iOAB) was explored.

Based on these results a practical treatment algorithm for its use in daily clinical practice could be developed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-23
• Study Completion: 2019-09-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-09
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Profession: MD, Urologist
• Member of the working group of Functional Urology

Exclusion Criteria

• Retirement
• Non-operative as an urologist.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Delphi panel	Delphi questionnaire	Urologists of the Belgian Working group of Functional Urology willing to participate on the Delphi project.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Degree of consensus on the level of appropriateness	8 months	No consensus, trend towards consensus or consensus

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent; 🇧🇪 Ghent, East-Flanders, Belgium