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TENS Analgesia During Outpatient Urethral Bulking for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Sponsor: University of Rochester
Summary
This will be a double-blind randomized control trial in women with stress urinary incontinence who are undergoing an outpatient transurethral bulking procedure for stress urinary incontinence. Subjects will be identified by the University of Rochester urologists and urogynecologists participating in the study who currently oversee stress incontinence care. Subjects will be randomized into two groups. One group will be undergoing the cystoscopy with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for analgesia, and the second group will have the cystoscopy with placebo TENS.
Official title: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Analgesia During Outpatient Urethral Bulking for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2024-07-01
Completion Date
2026-06-01
Last Updated
2026-01-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
TENS
This device will then be used for deep transcutaneous nerve stimulation at the T10-L1 and S2-S4 levels. The device will be placed and activated 5 minutes before the procedure. and the device will remain active during the procedure and will be turned off as soon as the procedure is complete (the procedure typically takes 5-15 minutes). The TENS units have pre-program settings, improving convenience, reproducibility, and reliability. Study staff will be instructed to perform TENS using an "Acupuncture" mode on the provided TENS units. The amplitude will be adjusted to a comfortable sensation that does not cause pain using adhesive electrodes. One TENS unit is able to support 4 TENS electrodes. The TENS electrodes (8 cm x 5 cm) will be placed on bilateral paraspinal muscles. The intensity of the stimulation (Hz) will be adjusted to the subjective comfort of the subject.
Control TENS
This device will then be used for deep transcutaneous nerve stimulation at the T10-L1 and S2-S4 levels. The device will be placed and activated 5 minutes before the procedure. and the device will remain active during the procedure and will be turned off as soon as the procedure is complete (the procedure typically takes 5-15 minutes). The TENS units have pre-program settings, improving convenience, reproducibility, and reliability. Study staff will be instructed to perform TENS using an "Acupuncture" mode on the provided TENS units. The amplitude will be adjusted to a comfortable sensation that does not cause pain using adhesive electrodes. One TENS unit is able to support 4 TENS electrodes. The TENS electrodes (8 cm x 5 cm) will be placed on bilateral paraspinal muscles. The intensity of the stimulation (Hz) will be adjusted to the subjective comfort of the subject.
Locations (1)
Pelvic Health and Continence Specialties
Rochester, New York, United States