Can a smartphone app help older women stop leaking urine?
NCT ID NCT07427693
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app and a connected device can help women aged 55 and older with stress urinary incontinence do pelvic floor exercises at home. The app guides exercises and provides feedback on muscle contractions. The goal is to see if this approach reduces leaks and improves quality of life. The study is small with 36 participants and is not yet recruiting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile app and connected Bluetooth dynamometer for pelvic floor muscle training
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, at-home option to reduce urinary leaks and improve quality of life for older women.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 36 participants, so results may not apply widely. The app and device may be hard to use for some, and benefits may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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55 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Women * 55 years + * Stress or mixed UI symptoms with predominantly stress UI symptoms * At least 3 or more urinary leaks/week * Able to ambulate safely * Understand simple instruction in French, written and verbally * Basic understanding of how to use a tablet or mobile phone * Willing to participate in a gynecological exam * Able to properly contract the PFM * Provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Urge UI symptoms or mixed incontinence with primarily urgency * Neurological condition * Grade 3 or 4 of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) * Any other acute or chronic condition likely to interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object * Risk factors likely to interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object (i.e.: chronic constipation, chronic cough) * Medications that can interfere with the mobile app and/or connected object * Received UI treatments in the last year.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Women's Health and Aging Laboratory - CRIUGM
Montreal, Quebec, H3W 1W4, Canada
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