Can your own blood platelets calm an overactive bladder?
NCT ID NCT07797647
First seen Sep 01, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether injecting a person's own concentrated platelets, known as platelet-rich plasma, into the bladder can ease symptoms of overactive bladder that have not responded to usual treatments. About 50 adults with refractory overactive bladder will receive the injections and be followed for six months. Researchers will track symptom scores, bladder diary measures, quality of life, and any side effects to see if this approach is safe and helpful.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injected into the bladder
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, less invasive option for people with overactive bladder who have not found relief from standard treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study, so results may not apply broadly. The injections carry risks like pain, bleeding, or infection, and the treatment may not improve symptoms.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study will not enroll minors, pregnant women, prisoners, illiterate individuals, or persons without full capacity for civil conduct.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult participant aged 18 years or older with full capacity to understand the study and provide written informed consent. 2. Diagnosis of overactive bladder according to International Continence Society criteria: urinary urgency, usually with frequency and nocturia, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, in the absence of urinary tract infection or another obvious local, metabolic, or neurologic cause. 3. Refractory OAB, defined as persistent bothersome OAB symptoms after standard first-line behavioral therapy for at least 3 to 6 months, and inadequate response or intolerance to at least two oral medications with different mechanisms, such as antimuscarinic agents and beta-3 adrenergic agonists, after adequate treatment duration. 4. Other possible causes of OAB-like symptoms have been excluded by appropriate clinical evaluation, such as urinalysis, urine culture, ultrasound, urodynamic testing, and cystoscopy when clinically indicated. 5. Participant is unwilling, unsuitable, contraindicated, or has inadequate response to existing third-line treatments such as intradetrusor botulinum toxin injection or sacral neuromodulation. 6. General condition allows local anesthesia and cystoscopic bladder injection. 7. No absolute contraindication to autologous platelet concentrate / PRP treatment. 8. Willing to comply with study visits and follow-up assessments. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Platelet dysfunction syndrome or platelet count less than 50 x 10\^9/L. 2. Coagulation disorder or current anticoagulant therapy that may increase bleeding risk. 3. Active systemic infection or local infection at the injection site. 4. Active malignancy or history of malignancy within the past 5 years, especially urinary tract malignancy, or hematologic malignancy such as leukemia or lymphoma. 5. Active autoimmune disease judged by the investigator to increase risk or affect interpretation of results. 6. Pregnancy or lactation. 7. Known allergy to any component used in PRP preparation. 8. Untreated urinary tract infection. 9. Bladder stone, bladder tumor, bladder outlet obstruction, neurogenic bladder, interstitial cystitis / bladder pain syndrome, or another organic disease that explains OAB-like symptoms. 10. Prior intradetrusor botulinum toxin injection or sacral neuromodulation if excluded by the final protocol. 11. Severe cardiac, hepatic, or renal insufficiency; uncontrolled diabetes; severe anemia; or other systemic disease that may affect safety or wound healing. 12. Psychiatric illness, cognitive impairment, or other condition that prevents understanding of informed consent or reliable follow-up. 13. Recent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids when judged by the investigator to interfere with PRP effect, unless discontinued for an appropriate washout period. 14. Expected survival shorter than the study period. 15. Refusal to sign informed consent or inability/unwillingness to comply with follow-up.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400000, China
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