Cystoscopy and urethral dilatation - long term follow up of an RCT

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Cystoscopy and urethral dilatation versus cystoscopy alone for overactive bladder - a long term follow up of a randomised controlled trial

• IRAS ID

  137805

• Contact name

  Jonathan Duckett

• Contact email

  jduckett@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Medway NHS Foundation Trust

• Research summary

  This is a follow up study of a previous ethically approved randomised controlled study looking at whether urethral dilatation (stretching the bladder valve under a general anaesthetic) provides any benefit over cystoscopy alone (looking in the bladder) in women with overactive bladder and voiding dysfunction (difficulty emptying the bladder). The original study showed that additional urethral dilatation provided no extra benefit over cystoscopy at 6 months.
  We wish to perform a 3 year review of this cohort of patients to
  1. identify if there is any long term benefit
  2. identify the natural history of voiding dysfunction

• REC name

  East Midlands - Leicester South Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/EM/0133

• Date of REC Opinion

  21 Mar 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion