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Can muscle weakness predict bladder treatment success in seniors?

NCT ID NCT03057834

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study followed 70 women aged 70 and older with urinary incontinence to see how muscle loss (sarcopenia) and physical function affect the results of pelvic floor exercises. Researchers tracked incontinence episodes and muscle strength over 12 weeks. The goal is to better tailor non-surgical treatments for older women based on their physical abilities.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
pelvic floor muscle exercise
What this could lead to
If successful, this could help tailor incontinence treatments for older women based on their physical function.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply to all older women.

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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

70 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2017

Finished

Jan 2020

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

70 years and older

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women, age 70 years or older * Diagnosis of Urinary Incontinence (defined by the QUID assessment as having subscale score for stress ≥4, and/or urge score ≥ 6) * Willing and able to be compliant with pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention (standard of care) for 12 weeks and to log compliance * Willing and able to undergo an extensive physical function evaluation Exclusion Criteria: * Prior surgical intervention for urinary incontinence within the past 12 months * Hysterectomy within 12 months * Diagnosis of: * Pelvic Organ Prolapse beyond the hymenal ring * Urogenital Fistula * Neurogenic Overactive Bladder (associated with a diagnosis of Multiple -Sclerosis or Stroke within past 12 months) * Incomplete Bladder Emptying/Urinary Retention with PVR \>150 ml (measured by bladder scan) * Requires assisted device (4 point cane, walker) for ambulation all /most of the time or wheelchair bound * Having significant cognitive impairment or dementia * Unsafe to exercise (severe cardiopulmonary disease) * Unable/unwilling to provide informed consent * Determined otherwise ineligible by the principal investigator

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Sarcopenia Urinary Incontinence

As listed by the trial registrant

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Sarcopenia Urinary incontinence

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Wake Forest Baptist Health

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

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