New app aims to ease overactive bladder without drugs or surgery
NCT ID NCT07206446
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a prescription smartphone app called RiSolve for women with overactive bladder (OAB). The app provides an 8-week program of bladder training, pelvic floor exercises, and digital cognitive behavioral therapy. Researchers enrolled 46 women in Ireland to see if the app is easy to use and helps reduce symptoms like urgency and leakage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RiSolve smartphone app (prescription digital therapeutic)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this app could offer a convenient, accessible way for women to manage overactive bladder symptoms at home without medication or clinic visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-arm study with only 46 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app is a digital tool, not a cure, and may not help severe cases.
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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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46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Feb 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: * Adult women aged 18 and older with bothersome OAB symptoms: (i.e. must answer YES to one of the following): * Do you have a sudden need to rush to the toilet to urinate that is bothersome? OR * Does urine leak before you can get to the toilet? * Fluency and literacy in English to enable them to understand and complete treatment and required assessments * Currently based in the Republic of Ireland * Ownership and use of a smartphone * Use of at least one mobile App * Willing to forego commencing any other OAB treatments outside of RiSolve for the trial treatment period. Exclusion Criteria: * Current use of an anticholinergic/beta-agonist, within the previous two weeks and/or at the date of consenting * Currently using intermittent or indwelling catheter * Currently pregnant or planning pregnancy during the study treatment period * Currently receiving treatment for bladder/urethral, colon/anal, or cervical cancer * Voiding dysfunction (i.e. if Yes is an answer to any of the following): * Do you have pain in your bladder? OR * Do you have to strain to urinate? * Currently using sacral or tibial neuromodulation. * Has had intradetrusor therapy * Currently taking antibiotics/drugs for urinary tract infection * Planning surgery for pelvic organ prolapse within the trial treatment period * Planning to undergo pessary fitting during the study period (Note: patients with an existing pessary are eligible) within the trial treatment period * Visual impairment such that in the opinion of the PI would impair their use of the app
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Primary Care Clinical Trial Network
Galway, Ireland
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