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What counts as a real improvement for overactive bladder?
NCT ID NCT07171424
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study aims to find the smallest change in symptom scores that actually matters to patients with overactive bladder. Researchers will treat 104 women with behavioral therapy and nerve stimulation, then analyze questionnaire results. The goal is to help doctors better interpret treatment success beyond just statistical numbers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Behavioral therapy and transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better understand what counts as a real improvement for people with overactive bladder, making treatment evaluations more meaningful.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on measurement, not a treatment trial. The results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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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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104 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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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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: * individuals diagnosed with urge and mixed urinary incontinence symptoms or with OAB symptoms only (no history of urinary incontinence), * women over 18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: * patients who did not give consent to participate in the study, * not understanding the instructions given by the researcher, * pregnancy or planning a pregnancy in the near future, * urinary tract infection or kidney stones, * pelvic organ prolapse of grade II or higher, * stress-type urinary incontinence, * neurogenic bladder, * use of a pacemaker, * epilepsy, * peripheral neuropathy.
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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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Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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