Validation of a Real-time Urodynamic Measure of Urinary Urgency
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Urinary urgency is a key symptom of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and may be more
bothersome to a patient than the symptom of urinary frequency. Unfortunately, controversy
continues to surround the term 'urgency' and there is no good tool to evaluate the severity
of urgency. This fact has constrained the performance of clinical research in this field. The
cause of urinary urgency is not fully understood and may vary from patient to patient.
Although clinicians regularly obtain measures of bladder sensation during cystometry, little
attention has been paid to the patient experience of urinary urgency. In this study, the
researchers will use a non-significant risk device (i.e., an Urgeometer) to measure urinary
urgency in women with overactive bladder.