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Overactive BladderLA vs SANCT06437899

Evaluation of Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction of Local Anaesthesia Versus Sedoanalgesia for Botox (R) Injection in the Urinary Bladder for the Treatment of Idiopathic Overactive Bladder

A study testing intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia in people with Overactive Bladder, run by Hospital LKH Hochsteiermark - Leoben at 1 site in Austria.

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Enrolling by invitation. The study team selects and invites participants, usually from an existing group of patients.

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Trial summary

Patients with symptoms of overactive bladder suffer from frequent micturition, urinary incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infections. Intravesical injections with botulinum toxin A can be used as a second-line therapy for this purpose. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Overactive Bladder
What is being tested?
intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
84 participants
Where
1 siteAustria
Study dates
1 Sep 2023to Sep 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Women with a minimum age of 18 years; no maximum age
  • Unsuccessful conservative first and second-line treatment of OAB (defined as: completed pelvic floor/bladder training, local estrogenization of the vagina, at least one anticholinergic or ß3-mimetic oral therapy)
  • Good German language skills

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant women, breastfeeding women (no indication for approval)
  • Women unable to give informed consent
  • Refusal to participate in the study

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Austria1 site
  • LKH Hochsteiermark

    Leoben, 8700

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction Using Local Anaesthesia Versus Sedoanalgesia for Intradetrusor Botulinum-Toxin A Injection for the Treatment of Idiopathic Overactive Bladder: a Randomized Controlled Non-inferiority Trial

Patients with symptoms of overactive bladder suffer from frequent micturition, urinary incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infections. Intravesical injections with botulinum toxin A can be used as a second-line therapy for this purpose.

Intravesical botulinum toxin A injections can be performed under general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedoanalgesia and local anesthesia. Which form of anesthesia is used varies greatly from region to region.

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As these patients are often elderly and morbid, the lowest-risk and least stressful anesthesia method should be used. The lowest-risk anesthesia method that can be used is local anesthesia. Currently, there are no guidelines that describe the use of standardized protocols for local anesthesia.

The aim of this study is to show that the use of local anesthesia in this context is not inferior to the use of sedoanalgesia.

All patients with overactive bladder symptoms who fulfill the inclusion criteria and present at the Urogynecology Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the LKH Hochsteiermark in Leoben within 24 months will be invited to participate in the study.

The main outcome measure is pain, secondary outcome measures are quality of life, patient satisfaction, incontinence score, operation time and length of stay in the recovery room, acceptance of repeating the procedure under local anesthesia, satisfaction with the type of anesthesia method, side effects/complications and duration of inpatient stay.

The study will be randomized into 2 arms (local anesthesia/sedoanalgesia) with a 1:1 ratio to carry out the intravesical injection with botulinum toxin A.

Read the detailed description

Urinary urgency symptoms with frequent micturition, urinary incontinence, nocturia and recurrent urinary tract infections are typical complaints of women with symptoms of an overactive bladder. The level of suffering is usually very high. Social withdrawal, depressive moods, frequent antibiotic use and financial burdens due to the increased need for incontinence products can be the result. In accordance with the guideline-based treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder, intravesical injection of botulinum toxin A can be offered after unsuccessful conservative first-line and second-line treatment. Intravesical injection of botulinum toxin A has been approved for the treatment of idiopathic overactive bladder in Austria since 2013. Botulinum toxin A is a registered drug in Austria and is used for injection into the detrusor with 100IE according to its approval indication.

Intravesical botulinum toxin A injections can be performed under general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedoanalgesia and local anesthesia. Which form of anesthesia is used varies greatly from region to region. The effectiveness of botulinum toxin A is limited in time. Injections are repeated on average after 6-12 months. Patients are often older and often have comorbidities. Due to this and the potential need for repeated applications, the procedure should be performed under general and regional anesthesia. The use of local anesthesia, as one of the anesthesia methods mentioned, is considered to be very low-risk and the least stressful overall.

Comparing the use of local anesthesia with the use of sedoanalgesia to perform the botulinum toxin A injection is equivalent to comparing two guideline-compliant standard treatments. The confirmation of our hypothesis, namely that performing the procedure under local anesthesia is equivalent to performing it under sedoanalgesia (non-inferiority study), could serve to optimize the treatment of overactive bladder patients and contribute to an increase in the level of health protection by strengthening the role of local anesthesia in the context of this procedure as an efficient option with the elimination of all anesthetic risks and as a first-choice procedure.

All patients with overactive bladder symptoms who fulfill the inclusion criteria and present at the Urogynecology Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the LKH Hochsteiermark in Leoben within 24 months will be invited to participate in the study.

The following examinations are carried out on all patients before inclusion, in accordance with the examination standard of our department:

  • Medical history: age, micturition frequency day/night, urinary leakage, sexuality, amount drunk, frequency of urinary tract infections, previous treatments for incontinence, parity, secondary diseases (diabetes mellitus, obesity, arterial hypertension, central nervous diseases, etc), previous gynecological operations, medication
  • Urogynecological examination
  • Urinalysis (midstream urine)
  • Urodynamics with stress test
  • Micturition protocol (will be scanned)
  • Standardized questionnaires to assess incontinence symptoms and quality of life

This is an open prospective randomized controlled non-inferiority study. Patients participating in the study will be randomized into 2 arms (local anesthesia/sedoanalgesia) with a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be done electronically (www.randomizer.at).

The sample design was calculated based on a non-inferiority study with pain score evaluation as the primary endpoint.

A sample size of 39 per group, including expected drop-outs (approximately 3 per group) results in a required number of participants of 84.

Being tested
intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia
Keywords
overactive bladder, botulinum toxin A, local anaesthesia
Medical subject headings
Urinary Bladder, Overactive

What participants receive

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

  • intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesiaDrug

    Arm1: Botulinum toxin A injection under local anesthesia according to standard protocol:

    Retrograde filling of the empty urinary bladder with a 1:1 mixture of 50 ml lidocaine 1% mixed with 50 ml sodium bicarbonate 8.4%, leave the local anesthetic mixture in the bladder for 15 minutes.

    Transurethral, intravesical injection of a total of 100IE botulinum toxin A dissolved in 10 ml NaCl 0.9% into the detrusor at 10 points using a rigid 70 degree cystoscope

    Arm 2: botulinum toxin A injection in sedoanalgesia according to the anesthesia standard protocol:

    Intravenous administration of remifentanil (0.05-0.15µg/kg/min) and propofol. Transurethral, intravesical injection of a total of 100IE botulinum toxin A dissolved in 10ml NaCl 0.9% into the detrusor.

Study groups in NCT06437899
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
local anaesthesiaActive comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia
sedoanalagesiaActive comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia

What is being measured

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

  1. pain assessed by numeric rating scale

    The numeric rating scale is a pain screening tool, commonly used to assess pain severity at that moment in time using a 0-10 scale, with zero meaning "no pain" and ten meaning "the worst pain imaginable".

    Measured: twentyfour hours

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. patient satisfaction assessed with postoperative anaesthesia questionnaire

    The postoperative anaesthesia questionnaire is a tool used to assess a patient's experience with anesthesia following surgery. It aims to gather information about the patient's perceptions of anesthesia-related outcomes and any adverse effects they may have experienced. It collects direct feedback from patients about their subjective experiences, including satisfaction and any discomfort or complications. Common sections and questions are about preoperative information, intraoperative experience, postoperative symptoms and overall satisfaction. Questions are answered with "yes" or "no".

    Measured: twentyfour hours

  2. quality of life assessed with King's Health Questionnaire

    The King's Health Questionnaire is a disease specific, self-administered questionnaire designed to assess the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life in women. The questions in this questionnaire are to be answered using a 0-4 scale, with zero meaning "not applicable" and four meaning "very accurate".

    Measured: three and twelve months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted31 May 2024
  2. Study start1 Sep 2023
  3. Primary completionSep 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2027 (estimated)

Resources

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
None (open label)
Enrolment
84 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06437899
Sponsor's protocol ID
21346
Other IDs
AUB
Acronym
LA vs SA
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
30 Mar 2024
Last updated
31 May 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: The important and interesting data are published in a journal as part of the publication.

Publications

  • Subramanian B, Shastri N, Aziz L, Gopinath R, Karlekar A, Mehta Y, Sharma A, Bapat JS, Jain P, Jayant A, Samra T, Perera A, Agarwal A, Shetty V, Bhatnagar S, Pandya ST, Jain P. ASSIST - Patient satisfaction survey in postoperative pain management from Indian subcontinent. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Jan-Mar;33(1):40-47. doi: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_245_16.

    PubMed 28413271
  • Smith I, Avramov MN, White PF. A comparison of propofol and remifentanil during monitored anesthesia care. J Clin Anesth. 1997 Mar;9(2):148-54. doi: 10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00240-1.

    PubMed 9075041
  • Barba M, Lazar T, Cola A, Marino G, Manodoro S, Frigerio M. Learning Curve of Botulinum Toxin Bladder Injection for the Treatment of Refractory Overactive Bladder. Int J Womens Health. 2022 Jan 4;14:1-7. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S345454. eCollection 2022.

    PubMed 35018123
  • Schurch B, Reitz A, Tenti G. Electromotive drug administration of lidocaine to anesthetize the bladder before botulinum-A toxin injections into the detrusor. Spinal Cord. 2004 Jun;42(6):338-41. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101593.

    PubMed 15007374
  • Faure Walker N, Macpherson F, Tasleem A, Rampal T. Interventions to improve tolerability of local anesthetic intradetrusor Botulinum toxin injections: A systematic review. Neurourol Urodyn. 2023 Jan;42(1):23-32. doi: 10.1002/nau.25061. Epub 2022 Oct 23.

    PubMed 36378811
  • Cox L, Cameron AP. OnabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of overactive bladder. Res Rep Urol. 2014 Jul 21;6:79-89. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S43125. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 25157339

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing intravesical botulinum toxin A injection unter local anaesthesia in people with Overactive Bladder, run by Hospital LKH Hochsteiermark - Leoben at 1 site in Austria.

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 3 inclusion and 3 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: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 May 2024. 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 Austria. 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. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

pain assessed by numeric rating scale (time frame: twentyfour hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06437899, which also lists 6 linked publications.

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 31 May 2024.

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