New home program aims to ease bladder troubles for minority women
NCT ID NCT06798311
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an 8-week, home-based program called SUPPORT for minority women with bladder control problems. It combines counseling, behavior changes, and exercises, with staff support and a custom AI chatbot. The goal is to see if the program is easy to use and helps reduce symptoms.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
-
May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older * Able to converse in English * A response of at least "somewhat bothered" by urinary incontinence, urinary frequency or urgency on the UDI * Willing to engage in conservative treatment of their UI/LUTS for 16 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Anterior or posterior pelvic organ prolapse beyond the hymen or apical prolapse to the hymen * Currently taking medications for their UI/LUTS or history of surgical intervention for UI * Patients with abnormal PVR and positive urine culture at time of study entry * History of recurrent UTIs * History of mobility or neurologic disorders that would prevent ability to complete at home physical therapy * Planning to start PT within the next 16 weeks
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Northwestern University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
-
The University of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a Three-Hour online class help families manage bladder and bowel issues in duchenne muscular dystrophy?
- Can a maca root pill calm Men's urinary woes?
- Bladder leaks may signal frailty in older adults
- Ultrasound before induced labor may reveal delivery risks
- Kegel app vs. clinic visits: which works better for bladder leaks?
- Magnetic chair therapy aims to strengthen pelvic floor without surgery