Treatment, Parallel Assignment, Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Efficacy Study

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether electroacupuncture is effective in the treatment of overactive bladder.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
• Collaborators: Beijing Hospital; Capital Medical University
• Treatments: Solifenacin Succinate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical diagnosis of overactive bladder.

2. Frequent micturition.（average urinary frequency of ≥8 voids per day）

3. No relevant drug use within 2 weeks and no acupuncture treatment within 1 month before the study; not in other clinical trials.

4. Self-reported bladder symptoms ≥3 months

5. Capable of giving informed consent .

6. Capable and willing to follow all study-related procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Frequent micturition and urinary urgency are secondary to other diseases.

• Clinical diagnosis of simple stress urinary incontinence.

• Patients with urinary track infection and vagenal infection.

• Patients with implantable pelvic stimulator.

• Current use of electric therapy on pelvic area/back/legs.

• Current use of clostridium botulinum therapy on vesical or pelvic muscles.

• participation in any clinical inverstigation involving or impacting gynecological/urinary/renal function.

• Suffering from severe cardiac/hepatic/renal injury or cognitive disorder/aphasia/ dysphrenia/malnutrition, or in poor perform status and unable to cooperate.

• Patients in gestation and in lactation period.

• Patients in coagulation disorders or taking anticoagulation drugs.

• People with cardiac pacemaker or metal allergy.

• Patients having got eletroacupunture therapy or solifenacin in 4 weeks before the study.

• Patients are afraid of needles.