New study checks how well sling surgery stops leakage
NCT ID NCT02785016
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 100 women with stress urinary incontinence who had a surgery to place a sling under the urethra. The goal was to see how many were cured or improved after the operation. Doctors used cough tests and patient surveys to measure success.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2013
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Subjects that have surgically-correctable Stress Urinary Incontinence and undergo a suburethral sling operative procedure.
- 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. Patient has objective demonstrable signs of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), including patients with intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD). Objective testing includes: standing stress test, urodynamics evaluation, or pad test. 2. Patient is age 18 or older. 3. Patient agrees to participate in the study, including completion of all study-related procedures and evaluations, and documents this agreement by signing the IRB/EC-approved informed consent. 4. Patient is able to fill in all questionnaires (on judgement of investigator) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient has an associated or suspected neurological disease. 2. Patient has an active lesion or present injury to perineum or urethra. 3. Patient has a urethral obstruction. 4. Patient has significant pelvic organ prolapse (Grade III/IV) requiring surgical treatment. 5. The subject has current urinary tract infection.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Blasenzentrum, Cantonal Hospital
Frauenfeld, Thurgau, 8501, Switzerland
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