TReating Incontinence for Underlying Mental and Physical Health

Last updated: December 3, 2024
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

4

Condition

Enuresis

Urinary Incontinence

Genitourinary Prolapse

Treatment

Tolterodine Tartrate ER

Mirabegron

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT05362292
21-35858
1R01AG075471-01
  • Ages > 60
  • Female
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The TRIUMPH study is a randomized, double-blinded, 3-arm, parallel-group trial designed to compare the effects of anticholinergic bladder therapy versus a) beta-3-adrenergic agonist bladder therapy and b) no bladder pharmacotherapy on cognitive, urinary, and other aging-related functional outcomes in ambulatory older women with urgency-predominant urinary incontinence and either normal or mildly impaired cognitive function at baseline.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 60 years or older at the time of enrollment

  • Female sex at birth, without surgical or hormonal gender re-assignment therapy

  • Able to walk to the bathroom and use the toilet without assistance

  • Report urinary incontinence starting at least 3 months prior to screening

  • Report that at least half of incontinence episodes occur with a sudden or strongsensation of urgency

  • Report 2 or more urgency incontinence episodes over a 7-day period

  • Willing to provide informed consent and adhere to study procedures throughout thelength of the study

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior clinician diagnosis of dementia, or a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)score of 17 or lower on screening cognitive evaluation

  • Current use of anticholinergic, beta-3-adrenergic agonist, or other medicationdesigned to improve urgency incontinence symptoms, or use in the past 1 month

  • Initiation, discontinuation, or dose change of dementia medications (such asdonepezil, galantamine, memantine, rivastigmine) in the past 1 month (but candidateson stable doses are eligible)

  • Initiation, discontinuation, or dose change of other drugs with stronganticholinergic effects (based on the Beers List) in the past 1 month (butcandidates on stable doses are eligible)

  • Initiation, discontinuation, or dose change of other drugs that can affect urinaryfrequency, including diuretics, in the past 1 month (but candidates on stable dosesare eligible)

  • Current urinary tract infection (UTI) based on screening urinalysis and culture (butcandidates can re-present for re-screening after undergoing treatment for UTI)

  • History of allergy or sensitivity to either of the study medications or aningredient in the placebo or study medication capsule

  • Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh score B or greater) or renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min) as a contraindication to both study medications

  • Current bladder obstruction or urinary retention (defined by symptoms suggestingdifficulty emptying the bladder in addition to postvoid residual urine volumegreater than 150 cc by portable bladder ultrasound)

  • Uncontrolled hypertension (based on measured systolic blood pressure greater than 180 or diastolic blood pressure greater than 110 mmHg) as a contraindication tobeta-3-adrenergic therapy

  • Self-reported history of gastric retention, uncontrolled narrow angle glaucoma,myasthenia gravis, severe ulcerative colitis, or toxic megacolon ascontraindications for anticholinergic bladder therapy

  • Use of drugs with adverse interactions with one of the study medications in the past 1 month, including potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, hepatic enzyme metabolism inducers,narrow therapeutic index drugs metabolized by CYP2D6, or intention to start takingone of these medications during the study treatment period

  • History of bladder surgery, invasive intra-vesical therapy, or bulk bladderinjections in the past 3 months (more remote surgery will not be exclusionary), orintention to undergo one of these procedures in the study treatment period

  • Use of other specialized incontinence therapy (electrostimulation, pelvicphysiotherapy, formal behavioral therapy overseen by certified practitioners) in thepast 3 months (more remote therapy will not be exclusionary), or intention toundergo one of these procedures in the study treatment period

  • Inability to sign informed consent or complete questionnaires, interviews, or studytesting in English

  • Other condition that would prevent the participant from completing study procedures,in the opinion of the investigators (e.g., uncontrolled psychosis)

Study Design

Total Participants: 270
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: Tolterodine Tartrate ER
Phase: 4
Study Start date:
October 04, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
January 25, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California 94305
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California San Francisco

    San Francisco, California 94115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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