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Chronic Urinary RetentionCURNCT03662906

Electroacupuncture for Patients With Chronic Urinary Retention Secondary to Lower Motor Neuron Lesion

A study testing Electroacupuncture in people with Chronic Urinary Retention, run by Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences at 1 site in China.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) is defined as a non-painful bladder which remains palpable or percussible after the patient has passed urine by International Continence Society. Postvoid residual urine volume ≥300 mL seems to be widely accepted. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Urinary Retention
What is being tested?
Electroacupuncture
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
200 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
9 Oct 2018to Dec 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Have chronic urinary retention caused by lower motor neuron damage.
  • Age 18 to 75 years.
  • Have chronic urinary retention caused by injury of sacral plexus, cauda equina and sacral spinal cord, pelvic floor nerve lesion after pelvic surgery and peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes.
  • Have postvoid residual urine volume 300 mL or more and sensation of bladder.
  • Bladder contractile index is more than 100 or more.
  • Duration of disease is more than 3 months.
  • Intermittent clean catheterization or indwelling catheterization.
  • Sign informed consent and participate in the study voluntarily.

Who cannot join

  • Have urinary retention due to bladder outlet obstruction (bladder neck contracture, urethral stricture, prostate cancer, prostatic hyperplasia, etc.)
  • Have urinary system tumors or stones.
  • Have detrusor underactivity due to other non-lower motor neurogenic disease.
  • Have bowel and urinary disorder due to lesions or injuries of thoracic spinal cord, cervical spinal cord and brain.
  • After suprapubic cystostomy.
  • Have heart, liver, kidney, mental disorders or coagulation disorders.
  • Have been implanted a cardiac pacemaker, sacral nerve stimulation electrode, pudendal nerve stimulation electrode, or bladder stimulation electrode.
  • During pregnancy or in lactation.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Yang Wang, PhD contact

17710327670

migofree@126.com

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Guangan'men Hospital

    Beijing, 100053

    Jing Zhou, Master, 8610-010-88002331, 251970215@qq.com

    Weiming Wang, Ph.D

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: The Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture for Urinary Function of Patients With CUR Secondary to Lower Motor Neuron Lesion: A Multi-center Randomized Sham-controlled Trial

Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) is defined as a non-painful bladder which remains palpable or percussible after the patient has passed urine by International Continence Society. Postvoid residual urine volume ≥300 mL seems to be widely accepted.

CUR may be caused by a variety of diseases and events including injury of sacral plexus, cauda equina and sacral spinal cord, pelvic floor nerve lesion after pelvic surgery and peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes, etc.. Aforementioned injuries generally affect lower motor neuron causing detrusor underactivity, acontractile detrusor or detrusor areflexia. The prevalence varies by different causes of lower motor neuron lesion. The symptoms of patients are voiding difficulty, bladder distention, bladder without sensation and overflow incontinence.

A multi-center randomized sham-controlled trial will be conducted. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture for urinary function of patients with CUR caused by lower motor neuron lesion.

Being tested
Electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture
Keywords
Chronic urinary retention, Electroacupuncture, Urinary function, Randomized controlled trial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ElectroacupunctureOther

    Bilateral BL32 and BL 33 will be inserted to a depth of 70-95 mm with an angle of 20-30° inward and downward into the second and third sacral foramen. Bilateral BL35 will be inserted to a depth of 60-70 mm with a slightly superolateral direction using needles (0.30 mm in diameter, 75 mm in length). Bilateral BL23 and SP6 will be inserted vertically to a depth of 25-30 mm using needles (0.30 mm in diameter, 40 mm in length). The electric stimulators (6805-D electroacupuncture apparatus, Guangzhou Jiayu Medical Company, China) will connect the bilateral BL32, BL33, BL35 and SP 6 and a continuous wave of 10 Hz frequency and an intensity of 5-10 mA for BL 32 and BL 33 and an intensity of 1-5 mA for SP 6 will be applied.

    The needles will be retained for 60 mins for each treatment session. The participants will be treated three times a week, on alternate days, for 12 successive weeks; 18 sessions for each patient in total.

  • Sham electroacupunctureOther

    Sham BL 23, BL32 and BL33 which are 2 cm lateral to BL23, BL33 and BL35 will be inserted by the needles (0.20 mm in diameter, 25 mm in length) to a depth of 2-3 mm. Sham SP 6 which is at the midpoint between the spleen meridian and the kidney meridian will be inserted by the needles (0.20 mm in diameter, 25 mm in length) to a depth of 2-3 mm. The electric stimulators (SDZ-V electroacupuncture apparatus, Suzhou Medical Appliance Factory, China) will connect bilateral BL32, BL33, BL35 and SP 6 and a continuous wave of 10 Hz frequency and an intensity of 0.1-0.3mA will be applied.

    The needles will be retained for 60 mins for each treatment session. The participants will be treated three times a week, on alternate days, for 12 successive weeks; 18 sessions for each patient in total.

Study groups in NCT03662906
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ElectroacupunctureExperimentalBilateral Shenshu (BL23), Ciliao (BL32), Zhongliao (BL33), Huiyang (BL35), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) will be inserted by the needles (0.30 mm in diameter, 75 mm in length or 0.40 mm diameter, 100 mm in length, Hwato Brand, Suzhou Medical Appliance Factory, China).
Receives: Other: Electroacupuncture
Sham electroacupunctureSham comparatorSham Bilateral Shenshu (BL23), Ciliao (BL32), Zhongliao (BL33), Huiyang (BL35), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) will be inserted by the needles (0.20 mm in diameter, 25 mm in length, Hwato Brand, Suzhou Medical Appliance Factory, China).
Receives: Other: Sham electroacupuncture

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The proportions of responders of postvoid residual urine (PVR)

    The responder is defined as a participant with a decline of 50% or more from baseline in the PVR volume after spontaneous urination. The PVR volume is the average value of 2 times of the same measurement method with the interval of 6 hours to 3 days.

    Measured: week 12

Secondary outcomes (23)
  1. The proportions of responders of postvoid residual urine (PVR)

    The responder is defined as a participant with a decline of 50% or more from baseline in the PVR volume after spontaneous urination. The PVR volume is the average value of 2 times of the same measurement method with the interval of 6 hours to 3 days.

    Measured: week 6

  2. The proportions of responders of postvoid residual urine (PVR)

    The responder is defined as a participant with a decline of 50% or more from baseline in the PVR volume after spontaneous urination. The PVR volume is the average value of 2 times of the same measurement method with the interval of 6 hours to 3 days.

    Measured: week 24

  3. The proportions of responders of postvoid residual urine (PVR)

    The responder is defined as a participant with a decline of 50% or more from baseline in the PVR volume after spontaneous urination. The PVR volume is the average value of 2 times of the same measurement method with the interval of 6 hours to 3 days.

    Measured: week 36

  4. The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders

    The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders were defined as participants with PVR volume 100 mL or less, without hydronephrosis and recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection. Recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection is defined as 2 times or more symptomatic urinary tract infection during the treatment and follow-up period.

    Measured: week 12

  5. The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders

    The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders were defined as participants with PVR volume 100 mL or less, without hydronephrosis and recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection. Recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection is defined as 2 times or more symptomatic urinary tract infection during the treatment and follow-up period.

    Measured: week 24

  6. The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders

    The satisfactory spontaneous urination responders were defined as participants with PVR volume 100 mL or less, without hydronephrosis and recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection. Recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection is defined as 2 times or more symptomatic urinary tract infection during the treatment and follow-up period.

    Measured: week 36

  7. The proportion of patients with increase of 50% or more from baseline of the maximum flow rate (Qmax)

    Measured: week 12

  8. The proportion of patients with increase of 50% or more from baseline of the maximum flow rate (Qmax)

    Measured: week 36

  9. The proportion of patients with increase of 2 ml/s from baseline of the maximum flow rate (Qmax)

    Measured: week 12

  10. The proportion of patients with increase of 2 ml/s from baseline of the maximum flow rate (Qmax)

    Measured: week 36

  11. The change from baseline of the number of catheterizations per day measured by the 7-day voiding diaries for patients with intermittent clean urethral catheterization

    Measured: week 6

  12. The change from baseline of the number of catheterizations per day measured by the 7-day voiding diaries for patients with intermittent clean urethral catheterization

    Measured: week 12

  13. The change from baseline of the number of catheterizations per day measured by the 7-day voiding diaries for patients with intermittent clean urethral catheterization

    Measured: week 24

  14. The change from baseline of the number of catheterizations per day measured by the 7-day voiding diaries for patients with intermittent clean urethral catheterization

    Measured: week 36

  15. The proportion of patients with increase of 50% or more from baseline of the voiding efficiency (VE) measured by the 7-day voiding diaries

    VE is calculated as follows: volume voided/ (volume voided +PVR)*100%

    Measured: week 12

  16. The proportion of patients with increase of 50% or more from baseline of the voiding efficiency (VE) measured by the 7-day voiding diaries

    VE is calculated as follows: volume voided/ (volume voided +PVR)*100%

    Measured: week 36

  17. The change form baseline of Short Form of a Urinary Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-Qualiveen)

    SF-Qualiveen is the only questionnaire that addresses the broad range of urinary problems experienced by patients with neurological disorders voiding symptoms. Qualiveen domain scores are calculated as an average of the scores on items in that domain and, thus, the range is 0 to 4 with an overall score representing the mean of the 4 domains, which also ranges from 0 to 4. A higher score indicates the greater the impact on the quality of life of patients.

    Measured: week 12

  18. The change form baseline of Short Form of a Urinary Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-Qualiveen)

    SF-Qualiveen is the only questionnaire that addresses the broad range of urinary problems experienced by patients with neurological disorders voiding symptoms. Qualiveen domain scores are calculated as an average of the scores on items in that domain and, thus, the range is 0 to 4 with an overall score representing the mean of the 4 domains, which also ranges from 0 to 4. A higher score indicates the greater the impact on the quality of life of patients.

    Measured: week 36

  19. The proportion of patients without recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection, vesical calculus and hydronephrosis

    Measured: week 12

  20. The proportion of patients without recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection, vesical calculus and hydronephrosis

    Measured: week 24

  21. The proportion of patients without recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection, vesical calculus and hydronephrosis

    Measured: week 36

  22. The change of the urodynamic parameters from baseline

    The urodynamic parameters include: bladder capacity (ml), bladder compliance (cmH2O), vesica-open pressure (Pves-open) (cmH2O), maximum flow rate (mL/s), mean flow rate (ml/s), detrusor pressure at maximum flow rate (ml/s), time to maximum flow rate (sec), maximum detrusor pressure (cmH2O), voided volume (ml), residual urine (ml).

    Measured: week 12

  23. The change of the bladder contractile index (BCI)

    BCI = detrusor pressure at maximum flow rate (Qmax) + 5*Qmax.

    Measured: week 12

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Sep 2018
  2. Study start9 Oct 2018
  3. Primary completionMay 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2022 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
200 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03662906
Sponsor's protocol ID
2018-102-KY-01
Acronym
CUR
Status last verified
Nov 2021
First submitted
6 Sep 2018
Last updated
23 Nov 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Electroacupuncture in people with Chronic Urinary Retention, run by Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Nov 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Yang Wang, PhD (17710327670, migofree@126.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The proportions of responders of postvoid residual urine (PVR) (time frame: week 12). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Nov 2021.

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