Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence (BE-DRI)

The primary aim of this study is to test if the addition of behavioral treatment to drug therapy for the treatment of urge incontinence will increase the number of patients who can discontinue drug therapy and sustain a significant reduction of incontinence...

Date First Received: August 27, 2004

Last Updated: December 21, 2007

Verified by: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), December 2007

Clinical Trial Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3 | Start Date: August 2004

Overall Status: Completed

Estimated Enrollment: 300

Brief Summary

Official Title: “Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence”

Condition Keyword(s):

The primary aim of this study is to test if the addition of behavioral treatment to drug therapy for the treatment of urge incontinence will increase the number of patients who can discontinue drug therapy and sustain a significant reduction of incontinence.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

  • Drug: Tolterodine
  • Behavioral: Combination Drug (tolterodine) and Behavior Treatment

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion:

  • Female
  • Urge predominant incontinence
  • Incontinent > 3 mos
  • Available for 8 mos of followup

Exclusion:

  • Pregnancy or < 6 mos post-partum
  • Hypersensitivity to drug (tolterodine)
  • Systemic disease that affects bladder function (e.g., Parkinson's disease, MS, spinal cord injury)
  • History of extensive behavior treatment

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Female

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 21 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Clinical Trial Sponsor Information

Lead Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

William D Steers, M.D. Study Chair University of Virginia  

Additional Information

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on November 18, 2008

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00090584

Study ID Number: BE-DRI

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00090584

Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

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