Role of Combination Therapy in Women With Refractory Overactive Bladder

NCT06438861 | Withdrawn DMC

• 2 other identifiers: IRB-300012698Pending
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as urinary "urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia", overactive bladder (OAB) presents as challenging syndrome to treat. OAB is a very prevalent condition, affecting between 11.8% to 16% of the population with equal impact on women and men and growing prevalence with age. OAB is associated with a significant financial burden to both patients and the health care system with a estimated cost of US $82.6 billion in 2020. Traditionally, a stepwise approach has been taken in managing OAB; starting first with lifestyle modifications, followed by anticholinergic or beta-3-agonist medications as the second line, and lastly, intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections, percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS), and sacral neuromodulation (SNM) as third line options. Given the limitations of this stepwise approach in patients with refractory OAB, combination therapy offers patients an increasing number of treatment options but the literature surrounding the efficacy of combination therapy is somewhat limited. A 2019 systematic review revealed there were only 32 studies in the current OAB literature that explored the role of combination therapy, and the majority of these studies examined the effect of lifestyle modifications with another intervention strategy, highlighting an untapped area of research5. To date, there has only been a single pilot study conducted in Taiwan examining the effect of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections with the addition of mirabegron for patients with refractory OAB. This study by Wang et al. explored the therapeutic impact of adding either an anticholinergic, solifenacin, or a beta-3 agonist, mirabegron, to intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections as compared to each other as well as patients receiving onabotulinumtoxinA alone. Ninety patients were enrolled with 30 patients allocated to the solifenacin arm, 31 to the mirabegron arm, and 29 to the control group. While the baseline data among the three arms was comparable, the percentage of OAB wet in the mirabegron plus onabotulinumtoxinA group was significantly less at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month intervals than the solifenacin plus onabotulinumtoxinA and the onabotulinumtoxinA alone groups. While this pilot study reveals the potential additive benefit of a beta-3 agonist to intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA, no further studies have been performed to date and there are no studies regarding the additive benefit of vibegron, which has a more tolerable side effect profile and is not as limited by as many contraindications as mirabegron. If vibegron can potentiate the effect of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA, this presents a new treatment strategy for OAB and could offer patients an additional line of therapy before having to pursue more invasive and costly management option of sacral neuro modulation.

Conditions

Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Keywords

Refractory Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in urinary urgency incontinence (UUI) episodes on 3 day voiding diary at 12 weeks after starting treatment as compared to baseline

  Patients will be asked to complete a 3 day voiding diary at baseline and at 12 weeks following intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections and oral medication. The mean change in UUI episodes will be compared between the onabotulinumtoxinA injection plus vibegron verus onabotulinumtoxinA injection plus placebo groups.

  Pre-intervention baseline to 12 weeks following initiation of intervention

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in Symptom Distress as Measured by the Urogenital Distress Index (UDI-6) Questionnaire Pre-Intervention versus 12 weeks Post-Intervention

  Pre-intervention baseline to 12 weeks following initiation of intervention

• Change in UUI (Urge Urinary Incontinence)/OAB (Overactive Bladder) Quality of Life as Measured by the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire Short Form (IIQ-7) Questionnaire Pre-Intervention versus 12 weeks Post-Intervention

  Pre-intervention baseline to 12 weeks following initiation of intervention

• hange in UUI (Urge Urinary Incontinence)/OAB (Overactive Bladder) Quality of Life as Measured by the Overactive Bladder Questionnaire-Short Form (OAB-q SF) Questionnaire Pre-Intervention versus 12 weeks Post-Intervention

  Pre-intervention baseline to 12 weeks following initiation of intervention

• Duration to repeat onabotulinumtoxinA injection

  Initiation of intervention until repeat injection, anticipate average of 1 year

Study Arms (2)

100U intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA plus vibegron

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Each patient will undergo intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections of 100U either in the office or in the operating room depending on patient and provider preference. Patients randomized to this arm will begin taking vibegron 75mg daily, which is the standard dose, starting the day of their procedure and continue for 3 months.

Drug: Vibegron 75mg

100U intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA plus placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Each patient will undergo intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections of 100U either in the office or in the operating room depending on patient and provider preference. Patients randomized to this arm will begin taking a placebo pill daily starting the day of their procedure and continue for 3 months.

Drug: Placebo

Interventions

Vibegron 75mg DRUG

Each patient will undergo intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections of 100U either in the office or in the operating room depending on patient and provider preference. Patients will begin taking vibegron 75mg daily or a placebo pill daily starting the day of their procedure and continue for 3 months.

100U intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA plus vibegron

Placebo DRUG

Each patient will undergo intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections of 100U either in the office or in the operating room depending on patient and provider preference. Patients will begin taking vibegron 75mg daily or a placebo pill daily starting the day of their procedure and continue for 3 months.

100U intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA plus placebo

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Women undergoing intradetrusor botulinum injections for refractory OAB
• Age 18 years old or greater
• Fluency and literacy in English
• Capacity to provide consent

You may not qualify if:

• Allergy to Vibegron
• Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant
• Breastfeeding
• Current digoxin use

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: lead

Related Publications (8)

• Abrams P, Cardozo L, Fall M, Griffiths D, Rosier P, Ulmsten U, Van Kerrebroeck P, Victor A, Wein A; Standardisation Sub-Committee of the International Continence Society. The standardisation of terminology in lower urinary tract function: report from the standardisation sub-committee of the International Continence Society. Urology. 2003 Jan;61(1):37-49. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(02)02243-4. No abstract available.

  PMID: 12559262 BACKGROUND

• Coyne KS, Wein A, Nicholson S, Kvasz M, Chen CI, Milsom I. Economic burden of urgency urinary incontinence in the United States: a systematic review. J Manag Care Pharm. 2014 Feb;20(2):130-40. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2014.20.2.130.

  PMID: 24456314 BACKGROUND

• Irwin DE, Milsom I, Hunskaar S, Reilly K, Kopp Z, Herschorn S, Coyne K, Kelleher C, Hampel C, Artibani W, Abrams P. Population-based survey of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other lower urinary tract symptoms in five countries: results of the EPIC study. Eur Urol. 2006 Dec;50(6):1306-14; discussion 1314-5. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.09.019. Epub 2006 Oct 2.

  PMID: 17049716 BACKGROUND

• Stewart WF, Van Rooyen JB, Cundiff GW, Abrams P, Herzog AR, Corey R, Hunt TL, Wein AJ. Prevalence and burden of overactive bladder in the United States. World J Urol. 2003 May;20(6):327-36. doi: 10.1007/s00345-002-0301-4. Epub 2002 Nov 15.

  PMID: 12811491 BACKGROUND

• Kasman A, Stave C, Elliott CS. Combination therapy in overactive bladder-untapped research opportunities: A systematic review of the literature. Neurourol Urodyn. 2019 Nov;38(8):2083-2092. doi: 10.1002/nau.24158. Epub 2019 Sep 4.

  PMID: 31483070 BACKGROUND

• Wang CC, Lee CL, Hwang YT, Kuo HC. Adding mirabegron after intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection improves therapeutic effects in patients with refractory overactive bladder. Low Urin Tract Symptoms. 2021 Oct;13(4):440-447. doi: 10.1111/luts.12384. Epub 2021 May 6.

  PMID: 33960119 BACKGROUND

• Sancaktar M, Ceyhan ST, Akyol I, Muhcu M, Alanbay I, Mutlu Ercan C, Atay V. The outcome of adding peripheral neuromodulation (Stoller afferent neuro-stimulation) to anti-muscarinic therapy in women with severe overactive bladder. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2010 Oct;26(10):729-32. doi: 10.3109/09513591003649815.

  PMID: 20210697 BACKGROUND

• Stanley RF, Meyer I, Blanchard CT, Richter HE. Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation With versus Without Mirabegron: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int Urogynecol J. 2024 Aug;35(8):1709-1717. doi: 10.1007/s00192-024-05835-y. Epub 2024 Aug 5.

  PMID: 39101958 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

N-(4-((5-(hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl)methyl)phenyl)-4-oxo-4,6,7,8-tetrahydropyrrolo(1,2-a)pyrimidine-6-carboxamide

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Urogynecology Fellow

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 15, 2024
• First Posted: June 3, 2024
• Study Start: January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: February 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share