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Mindfulness + tDCS to Reduce Urgency Incontinence in Women

NCT04652869 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2024-05-31

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Summary

Urge urinary incontinence (UUI) is a common problem in older women, which vastly reduces quality of life. UUI sufferers frequently report situational triggers (e.g. approaching the front door) leading to urinary urgency and/or leakage, which can be caused by psychological conditioning. This project will test the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of brief mindfulness (MI) and non-invasive brain stimulation (transcranial direct current stimulation; tDCS) to reduce reactivity to personal urgency cues and attenuate symptoms of UUI. This is a novel step towards providing personalized efficacious non-pharmacologic treatment for UUI.

Conditions

  • Urinary Incontinence, Urge

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation

Transcranial direct current stimulation targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Cynthia Conklin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Conklin, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

  • Becky Clarkson, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-21
Primary Completion
2023-02-03
Completion
2023-02-10
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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