New device aims to calm overactive bladder without drugs
NCT ID NCT07300904
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a device called Tensi+ that uses mild electrical pulses to a nerve in the ankle to treat overactive bladder symptoms like sudden urges and frequent bathroom trips. About 60 adults with these symptoms will use the device at home for 12 weeks. The goal is to see if it safely reduces urgency and number of daily urinations.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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22 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Adult subjects aged 22 years or older and, * Diagnosed with OAB symptoms (characterized by urinary urgency, with or without UUI), * Symptoms persisting for at least 3 months, and * Documented with 2 or more urgency episodes per day (with or without incontinence) in two 3-day bladder diaries and, * With at least 11 or more voids per day (urinary frequency) documented in two 3-day bladder diaries * Willing and capable of providing informed consent * Capable of participating in all testing associated with this clinical investigation Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators or any other implanted electronic device * Patients prone to excessive bleeding * Patients with nerve damage that could impact the percutaneous tibial nerve or pelvic floor function * Patients who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant while using this product * Patients with ankle joint problems, ankle oedema or dermatological oedema in the area where the electrodes should be placed * Patients wearing a metal implant near the stimulated area * Patient with cognitive deficiency * Administration of intravesical injection of botulinum toxin within 12 months of study enrollment, or treatment within the previous year with other forms neuromodulation for OAB * Patients treated with medical therapy OAB treatment washout inferior to 30 days * Patients with diabetic neuropathy * Patients with uncontrolled diabetes and HbA1c levels above 7% * Guillain-Barré syndrome * Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) * Multiple sclerosis * A primary diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) * Patients with recurrent rrinary tract infections (UTIs) defined as more than 2 episodes per year, or with any baseline lower urinary tract pathology identified at the time of the 3-day bladder diary assessment. * Currently participating in another clinical trial
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, California, 90211, United States
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NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10017, United States
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Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Canada
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