Prospective Evaluation of the Connected EMY Biofeedback Probe in the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence.

NCT03985345 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6990
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 55
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

After birth, the perineum has to be trained in order to recover its functions. This study is designed to assess the quality of life evolution with the EMY connected device. The secondary purposes are to evaluate patient compliance to the EMY probe, to observe the evolution of urine scores over the duration of the trial in order to consider a comparative study thereafter, and to evaluate the interest of using the EMY connected perineal probe in the context of stress urinary incontinence.

Conditions

Stress Urinary Incontinence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Contilife questionnaire

  A quality of life questionnaire will be used to follow the quality of life evolution for patients with stress urinary incontinence (UI) using the EMY device.

  The change of the quality of life will be assessed : completion of Contilife questionnaire at the inclusion visit (Day 0), one month after inclusion visit (Month1), 2 months after inclusion visit (Month2) and 3 months after inclusion (Month3).

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• The patient compliance to the EMY device

  Patients will complete the tracking notebook each time they use the EMY device during 3 months of the clinical research study (from inclusion, until visit Month3).

• The urinary scores

  The change in the urinary scores will be assessed. The ICIQ-SF questionnaire will be completed by patients at the inclusion visit (Day0) and on visits Month1, Month2 and Month3.

• The interest of using the EMY connected perineal device in the context of stress urinary incontinence

  The PGI-I questionnaire will be completed at visit Month3 (3 monhs after inclusion visit).

• The interest of using the EMY connected perineal device in the context of stress urinary incontinence

  The questionnaire of interest will be completed at visit Month3 (3 monhs after inclusion visit).

Study Arms (1)

EMY Probe

EXPERIMENTAL

Device: intravaginal device (probe) EMY

Interventions

intravaginal device (probe) EMY DEVICE

Free use of EMY and its mobile application for 10 minutes during 5 different days per week.

EMY Probe

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Women with urinary leakage, at least once a week or more since more than 3 months
• Women aged 18 and over, no upper age limit
• Patient having given birth since 6 months minimum
• Patient able to do an effective voluntary contraction and avoiding abdominal synergy and apnea during contraction (attested by the health professional partner who leads the patient to the study)
• Patient who has responded favorably to a perineal reeducation with at least 2 sessions (attested by the health professional partner who leads the patient to the clinical study), rehabilitation of stress urinary incontinence or mixed incontinence with predominance of stress urinary incontinence
• Signed informed consent form
• Effective contraception throughout the study (declarative)
• The patient must have a smartphone running at least the Android 5 and iOS 8 versions
• The patient must know how to read and write French

You may not qualify if:

• Patient practicing any other perineal reeducation during the study period
• Patient with neurological disease or congenital malformation, urinary incontinence or prolapse treated surgically or medically or perineal hypoesthesia or local conditions that prohibit the use of an intravaginal device
• Patient with an urge urinary incontinence or mixed urinary incontinence with a predominance of urgency.
• Contraindication to the use of the medical device
• Patient with Genito-urinary cancer (in the last 5 years)
• Patient with extra-uretral "incontinence" (fistula, ectopic ureter)
• Patient with severe urinary retention
• Patient carrying a sacral neuromodulation case
• Impossibility to give the patient clear information (patient in emergency situation, patient with difficulties for understanding, ...)
• Patient under the protection of justice
• Patient under guardianship or curatorship
• Pregnancy (positive urine test)
• Breastfeeding patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Strasbourg, France: lead
• FIZIMED: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Strasbourg University Hospitals

Strasbourg, 67091, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Jochum F, Garbin O, Godet J, Ragueneau M, Meyer C, Billecocq S, Lecointre L, Akladios C, Host A. Prospective evaluation of the connected biofeedback EMY Kegel trainer in the management of stress urinary incontinence. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2022 Feb;51(2):102280. doi: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2021.102280. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

  PMID: 34861424 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Urinary Incontinence, Stress

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Urinary Incontinence; Urination Disorders; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2019
• First Posted: June 13, 2019
• Study Start: September 2, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 9, 2020
• Study Completion: September 9, 2020
• Last Updated: October 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)