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Evaluating Pumpkin Seed Oil Extract Supplementation on Bladder Function
Led by Northwestern University · Updated on 2026-04-23
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
76 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a pilot study to assess using validated outcome measures how ingesting pumpkin seed oil extract supports patient bladder function in a United States population.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Evaluating Pumpkin Seed Oil Extract Supplementation on Bladder Function
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients evaluated at Northwestern's IPHP reporting bladder symptoms consistent with overactive bladder, including urinary urgency, frequency over 8 times daily, or nocturia
- Willingness to use a dietary supplement and not start additional behavioral, medication, or procedural treatments for 12 weeks after starting pumpkin seed oil extract
You will not qualify if you...
- Use of other supplements containing pumpkin seed oil
- Stage 3 or higher pelvic organ prolapse
- Urinary post-void residual volume of 150cc or more
- Active urinary tract infection at enrollment
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Neurogenic bladder
- Abdominal or pelvic cancer
- Starting new overactive bladder medications or supplements during the study or within 3 months before enrollment
- Pelvic or urinary incontinence surgeries within the past 12 months
- Primary language other than English
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Julia Geynisman-Tan, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
1
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