Can pelvic exercises boost estrogen therapy for bladder control?
NCT ID NCT07186985
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding pelvic floor muscle training to vaginal estrogen therapy helps postmenopausal women with stress urinary incontinence more than estrogen alone. About 115 women will be randomly assigned to either the combined treatment or estrogen-only group. The goal is to see if the combination reduces urine leakage better over 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pelvic floor muscle training and vaginal estrogen therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective non-surgical option for managing stress urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 115 participants, so results may not apply to all women. The combination therapy may not prove significantly better than estrogen alone.
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