Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Safety of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) in Overactive Bladder Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Samsung Medical Center

Conditions:

Overactive Bladder

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The urologic literature suggests that there is an association between a variety of psychiatric disorders and incontinence. Most notably, depression is found in a significant percentage of patients wit...

Detailed Description

* 3-month, prospective, open-label, comparative trial * Primary Objectives: * To investigate the changes of OAB symptoms in patients who did not showed therapeutic benefits after 3 months of treatm...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female aged ≥ 18 and ≤80 years
  • On a stable dose of an antimuscarinic agents for at least 3 months
  • Persistent symptoms of OAB as verified by the screening 5 day micturition diary, defined by:
  • Mean urinary frequency ≥8 times/24 hours
  • Mean number of urgency episodes, with/without urgency incontinence, ≥1 episode/24 hours (with a Urinary Sensation Scale rating of ≥3 in the micturition diary)
  • A rating of the bladder condition at Baseline prior to randomization as "Some Moderate Problems", "Severe Problems", or "Many Severe Problems" on the Patient Perception of Bladder Condition (PPBC) questionnaire
  • Ability and willingness to correctly complete the micturition diary and questionnaire
  • Capable of understanding and having signed the informed consent form after full discussion of the research nature of the treatment and its risks and benefits

Exclusion

  • Clinical significant stress incontinence as determined by the investigator and confirmed for female patients by a cough provocation test
  • An average volume voided of \> 200 ml per micturition as verified on the baseline micturition diary
  • Total daily urine volume of \> 3000 ml as verified on the baseline micturition diary
  • Patients who have past psychiatric disease such as major depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and so on.
  • Significant hepatic or renal disease, defined as having twice the upper limit of the reference ranges for serum concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase (AST \[SGOT\]), alanine aminotransferase (ALT \[SGPT\]), alkaline phosphatase or creatinine
  • Any condition that is a contraindication for anticholinergic treatment, including uncontrolled narrow-angled glaucoma, urinary retention or gastric retention
  • Symptomatic acute urinary tract infection (UTI) during the run-in period
  • Recurrent UTIs defined as having been treated for symptomatic UTIs \> 4 times in the last year
  • Diagnosed or suspected interstitial cystitis
  • Uninvestigated hematuria or hematuria secondary to malignant disease
  • Clinically significant bladder outlet obstruction defined by clinical symptoms and investigator's opinion according to local standard of care
  • Patients with marked cystocele or other clinically significant pelvic prolapse.
  • On an unstable dosage of any drug with anticholinergic side effects, or expected to start such treatment during the study
  • Receipt of any electrostimulation or bladder training within the 14 days before the start of tolterodine SR, or expected to start such treatment during the study
  • An indwelling catheter or practicing intermittent self-catheterization Use of any investigational drug within 2 months preceding the start of the study
  • Patients with chronic constipation or history of severe constipation
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Sexually active females of childbearing potential not using reliable contraception for at least 1 month prior to study start and not agreeing to use such methods during the entire study period and for at least 1 month thereafter. Reliable contraceptive methods are defined as intrauterine devices (IUDs), combination type contraceptive pills, hormonal implants, double barrier method, injectable contraceptives and surgical procedures (tubal ligation or vasectomy).
  • Patients who have bladder cancer
  • Use of any nonselective, irreversible MAO inhibitor
  • Any other condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the patient unsuitable for inclusion

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00902421

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

July 1 2009

Last Update

August 26 2010

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Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea