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A Chinese Herbal Decoction for Stress Urinary Incontinence

NCT02616952 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2018-03-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Yiqi Suoquan Tang, a Chinese Herbal decoction, is effective in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

Conditions

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Chinese herbal therapy

Participants take a Chinese herbal decoction, Yiqi Suoquan Tang, 200ml orally twice a day for 12 weeks. The Yiqi Suoquan Tang are composed of Radix Astragali 30 g, Radix Codonopsis pilosula 10g, Radix Angelica sinensis 10g, Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae 10g, Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae 10g, Radix Lindera aggregata 6g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 10g, pericarpium citri reticulatae 10g, Rhizoma Cimicifuga 10g, Radix Bupleuri 10g, Fructus Rubi 15g, and Semen raphani 10g. All the decoctions are provided by the Department of Pharmacy, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and are packed in opaque plastic bags with 200 ml for each one.

BEHAVIORAL

Pelvic floor muscle training

In intensive exercises, participants are taught how to identify the muscles: 1) identify anal sphincter/feel anus, and try to raise it from chair (without adding abdominal, thigh, and buttock muscles) with a position of sitting; 2) identify levator ani and try to raise vagina from chair (without adding abdominal, thigh, and buttock muscles) with a position of Sitting, bent forward, elbows on knees; 3) contract levator ani with a position of sitting, lying, and standing; 4) contract anal sphincter with a position of sitting, lying, and standing. Once the participants can identify the muscles, they are asked to do a set consists of 10 contractions, each lasting 5 seconds, with a 5 seconds break between contractions. Then they need to do same procedure 3 times daily as the home exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ran Pang, MD · Guang'anmen hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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