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CompletedNCT03389412DRYCHILDUpdated Aug 2, 2023

The Effect of Selecting Treatment With Desmopressin or Alarm to Children With Enuresis Based on Home Recordings.

A Phase 4 interventional study of Desmopressin and Conditional alarm in Enuresis, Nocturnal, sponsored by University of Aarhus. Completed at 6 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 14 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-08-02.

Sponsored by University of Aarhus · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
324
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Years to 14 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the importance of clinical characterization of children with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE) in order to improve treatment efficacy.

The hypothesis is that clinical characterization by measurement of nocturnal urine production and maximal voided volumes in children with MNE and subsequent treatment tailoring improves the response to first-line treatment approach.

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This is a randomized, controlled study.

This study will be performed at Aarhus University Hospital (Denmark), Ghent University Hospital (Belgium) and Hospital of Zhengzhou University (China) following the same protocol.

According to the initial randomization, children will be allocated to treatment without (group A) or with (group B) prior clinical characterization based on home recordings.

Group A: The children will be randomized to either an enuresis alarm or desmopressin without evaluating the home recordings.

Group B: The home recordings will be evaluated and treatment will be based on the recordings. Desmopressin will be administered to the children with nocturnal polyuria and the conditional alarm to the children with reduced bladder capacity. Children with nocturnal polyuria and reduced bladder capacity will be treated with both desmopressin and conditional alarm. Children with neither nocturnal polyuria nor reduced bladder capacity will again be randomized to either desmopressin or alarm treatment.

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Conditions studied

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years to 14 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 6-14 years.
  • Three or more wet nights per week regarding the home registrations.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ongoing constipation and/or faecal incontinence.
  • Daytime symptoms such as urgency, frequency or incontinence.
  • Recurrent urinary tract infections.
  • Anamnestic, clinical or laboratory findings that can be related to diseases or conditions that might affect the parameters investigated.
  • Neurological and/or known clinically significant anatomical abnormalities of the urinary tract.
  • Former operations in the urinary tract.
  • Prior or ongoing treatment with alarm, desmopressin or anticholinergics.
  • Ongoing medication that may interfere with the parameters tested.
  • Pregnant or lactating girl.
  • Contra-indications for the use of desmopressin: habitual or psychogenic polydipsia, use of diuretics, renal insufficiency, hyponatremia or SIADH.
  • Hypersensitivity / allergy to substances in the tablets.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
324 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment without evaluating the home recordings, medicin.

    Children will receive desmopressin without evaluating the home recordings.

    Drug: Desmopressin

  • Experimental
    Treatment without evaluating the home recordings, alarm.

    Children will receive conditional alarm without evaluating the home recordings.

    Device: Conditional alarm

  • Active comparator
    Treatment based on home recordings, polyuria.

    Children with polyuria based on the home recordings will receive desmopressin.

    Drug: Desmopressin

  • Active comparator
    Treatment based on home recordings, reduced bladder capacity.

    Children with reduced bladder capacity based on the home recordings will receive the conditional alarm.

    Device: Conditional alarm

  • Active comparator
    Treatment based on home recordings, both.

    Children with polyuria and reduced bladder capacity based on the home recordings will receive desmopressin and the conditional alarm.

    Drug: Desmopressin · Device: Conditional alarm

  • Active comparator
    Treatment based on home recordings, none.

    Children with neither nocturnal polyuria nor reduced bladder capacity based on the home recordings will be randomized to either desmopressin or alarm treatment. If there is no effect of the treatment, the treatment can be switched.

    Drug: Desmopressin · Device: Conditional alarm

Interventions

  • DrugDesmopressin

    The children will be treated with 120 microgram/day the first two weeks. If the child is not completely dry, the dose will be increased to 240 microgram/day the rest of the study period (maximum eight weeks of treatment).

    Also known as: Minirin, melt

  • DeviceConditional alarm

    Eight weeks of treatment.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of children who responded to the treatment

    Evaluated by home recordings

    Time frame: Eight weeks

  2. The number of children achieving complete dryness (complete responders)

    Evaluated by home recordings

    Time frame: Eight weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in wet nights

    Evaluated by home recordings

    Time frame: Eight weeks

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Study locations

6 sites
  • Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan Brugge
    Brugge, 8000, Belgium
  • Ghent University Hospital
    Ghent, 9000, Belgium
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
    Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  • Aalborg University Hospital
    Aalborg, Jylland 9000, Denmark
  • Aarhus University Hospital
    Aarhus, Jylland 8200, Denmark
  • University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk
    Gdańsk, 80-952, Poland
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03389412
Lead sponsor
University of Aarhus
Collaborators
University Ghent, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China, University Clinical Centre in Gdansk, Poland
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 3, 2018
Start date
Oct 1, 2017
Primary completion
Jan 3, 2023
Completion
Jan 3, 2023
Last update
Aug 2, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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