Value of Urodynamic Evaluation

Summary

Although no reliable and specific figures are available for the total expenditure on UDS, UDS is commonly performed for patients with urinary incontinence (UI) regardless of gender and age. UDS is typically performed prior to incontinence surgery. Urodynamic studies are expensive, time-consuming, and uncomfortable diagnostic investigations. The 3rd ICI reported insufficient evidence with which to answer the following key research questions related to UDS: 1) Do physicians alter clinical decision-making based on results of UDS?, and 2) Do alterations in clinical decisions made in response to UDS results improve the clinical outcomes?

Conditions

• Urinary Incontinence

Interventions

OTHER

Office evaluation

Office evaluation

OTHER

UDS

Urodynamics

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, San Diego

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Maryland

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Utah

  collaborator OTHER

• Beaumont Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Loyola University

  collaborator OTHER

• Carelon Research

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ann Gormley, MD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-11-30

Primary Completion

2009-12-31

Completion

2010-06-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations