Smart bladder device could sense and stop urgency
NCT ID NCT07193407
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early study tests a new implantable device that senses bladder nerve signals and delivers stimulation to reduce sudden urges to urinate. Ten women with overactive bladder that hasn't improved with standard treatments will receive the device. The goal is to see if the device can detect urgency and respond with targeted stimulation to ease symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sacral Neuromodulation System (INO-SNM-01) - a device implanted near the sacral nerve to sense and stimulate bladder nerve activity.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more personalized, responsive treatment for overactive bladder that reduces urgency symptoms without daily medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small feasibility study with only 10 participants. The device may not work as expected, and risks from surgery and device use are unknown. Results may not apply to all patients.
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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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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18 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: 1. Adult female participants 18 years of age or older 2. Diagnosed with refractory overactive bladder that is resistant to behavioural therapy and/or pharmacotherapy, for at least 12 weeks 3. Experience at least 3 urgency episodes within a 24-hour period from the past 3 consecutive days (reported in a bladder diary) 4. Baseline of greater than 7 on the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS) 5. Baseline score of greater than 12 on the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Modules (ICIQ-FLUTS) 6. Willing to receive SNM therapy 7. Willing to provide free and Informed consent to participate in the clinical investigation 8. Able to understand all study instructions, willing to attend all study visits, and likely to comply with all study procedures Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants who are diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence 2. Received tibial nerve stimulation therapy within the past 3 months 3. Received treatment of urinary symptoms with botulinum toxin in the past 9 months or any plan to have botulinum toxin treatment during the study 4. Have neurological conditions such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, clinically significant peripheral neuropathy or spinal cord injury 5. Participants who presently have, or are at high risk of urinary tract infection 6. Have uncontrolled systemic disease or comorbidities which may affect bladder function (for example diabetes, hypertension, cancer) 7. Implanted with a neurostimulator, pacemaker, or defibrillator 8. Participation in another interventional drug or device clinical trial concurrently or concluding within 30 days of screening 9. Women who are pregnant 10. Participants with known history of allergies to materials in contact with tissue for this study (i.e. adhesive dressing patch, silicone) 11. Have implanted devices that contain metallic components within 2cm of the implanted lead location 12. Any other clinical or social reason that, in the opinion of the investigator could restrict a participant's ability to successfully meet the study objectives
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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.
How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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St George Private Hospital
RECRUITINGKogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia
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St George Urology
RECRUITINGKogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia
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