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CompletedNCT05368246Updated Feb 5, 2024

Safety and Performance of UCon for the Treatment of the Symptoms of Overactive Bladder (OAB) / Bowel Dysfunction (BD)

An interventional study of UCon in Urinary Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence and Urge Incontinence, sponsored by InnoCon Medical. Completed at 3 sites in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-05.

Primary conditionUrinary Incontinence, UrgeRegistry: Urinary IncontinenceReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Urinary Incontinence — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Urinary Incontinence, Urge
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Urinary Incontinence, Urge, a narrower term within Urinary Incontinence.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by InnoCon Medical · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This clinical investigation is a single-arm, prospective, multicentre, early feasibility study, which is used to evaluate the device design of UCon with respect to initial clinical safety and device performance in a small number of subjects. UCon is a medical device for treatment of the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) and bowel disorders (BD). It electrically stimulates the dorsal genital nerve (DGN) through the skin to obtain modulated behaviour of the bladder/bowel musculature e.g., suppress undesired bladder/bowel activity to relieve the symptoms of the patient.

Read the detailed description

The study is conducted at multiple hospitals in Denmark (Aarhus University Hospital, Odense University Hospital and Herlev Hospital). It is estimated that 20 subjects with OAB and 20 subjects with BD will need to be enrolled at the investigational sites to account for screening attrition and dropouts. Screening and baseline measurements includes a 7-days bladder diary (OAB) / 14-days bowel diary (BD) and quality-of-life measures. Following the screening and baseline measurements, the subjects will be introduced and trained on how to set up and use UCon. For 1 month the subjects will use UCon at home and complete a daily bladder/bowel diary and a stimulation diary. After completion of the interventional period, subjects will fill out the quality-of-life measures once again.

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Conditions studied

  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Urge Incontinence
  • Nocturia
  • Urinary Frequency More Than Once at Night
  • Bowel Disorders Functional
  • Urinary Incontinence, Urge
  • Incontinence, Nighttime Urinary

Keywords

  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Urge incontinence
  • Neurostimulation
  • Dorsal Genital Nerve
  • Nocturia
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In context

Urinary Incontinence, Urge Reclassified

242 studies on the registry are indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Urge; 39 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 80 is close to the median of 86 across 190 interventional studies indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Urge.

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Lead sponsor

InnoCon Medical is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Compared within Urinary Incontinence, Urge, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Urinary Incontinence. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject is ≥ 18 years of age.
  2. Subject is diagnosed with OAB or BD.
  3. Subject is able to communicate, provide feedback, understand and follow instructions during the course of the study.
  4. Subject has signed an .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject is medically unstable.
  2. Subject has an active infection in the genital area.
  3. Subject has an implanted pacemaker, implantable drug pump or other active medical device (any medical device that uses electrical energy or other source of power to make it function).
  4. Subject is pregnant, nursing or planning a pregnancy (to be confirmed with a negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to enrolment). Women of must maintain effective * during the study period judged by the investigator.
  5. Subject is enrolled or planning to enrol in another study or was enrolled in an investigational drug or medical device trial within four weeks to enrolment.
  6. Subject has neuropathy to a degree that is presumed to diminish the effect of the electrical stimulation.
  7. Subject has a history of cancer in the pelvic region, are currently receiving cancer treatment, or has radiation-induced damage to the pelvic region.
  8. Subject has addictive behaviour defined as abuse of cannabis, opioids, or other intoxicating drugs.
  9. Subject does not speak and understand Danish.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Interventional arm

    Electrical stimulation to the dorsal genital nerve.

    Device: UCon

Interventions

  • DeviceUCon

    The subjects self-administer electrical stimulation to the dorsal genital nerve (DGN) for 4 weeks using UCon

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Characterization of adverse events related to the risks and anticipated adverse device effects associated with the use of UCon.

    Characterization of adverse events related to the risks and anticipated adverse device effects associated with the use of UCon during the study period.

    Time frame: After 4 and 12 weeks of stimulation (end of study).

  2. Ratio of subjects with at least 50% improvement of their OAB/BD symptoms from baseline associated with the use of UCon.

    Urinary urgency is measured by number of urgency episodes/day. Urinary frequency is measured by number of voidings/day. Urgency urinary incontinence is measured by number of leaks preceded by urgency/day. Nocturia is measured by number of voidings/night. Faecal urgency is measured by number of urgency episodes/day. Frequent bowel movements are measured by number of voidings/day. Faecal incontinence (urge/passive) is measured by number of leaks/day.

    Time frame: Change from baseline OAB/BD symptoms at 4 and 12 weeks.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Frequency and severity of all adverse events related to the risks and anticipated adverse device effects associated with the use of UCon.

    Number of subjects experiencing adverse events related to the risks and anticipated adverse device effects associated with the use of UCon during the study period. Number and severity of adverse events related to the risks and anticipated adverse device effects associated with the use of UCon during the study period.

    Time frame: After 4 and 12 weeks of stimulation (end of study).

  2. Ratio of subjects with improvement in their OAB/BD specific quality-of-life measures from baseline.

    For OAB the following is used to assess QoL: "International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Overactive Bladder Module". It contains 4 questions and a higher total score means a worse outcome. For BD a combination of the following is used to assess QoL: "St. Marks incontinence score" and "Rockwood Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale". St. Marks incontinence score contains 7 questions, and a higher total score means a worse outcome. The Rockwood Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale contains 29 questions and a higher total score means a worse outcome.

    Time frame: Change from baseline QoL at 4 and 12 weeks.

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Aarhus University Hospital
    Aarhus, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark
  • Herlev Hospital
    Herlev, Zealand 2730, Denmark
  • Odense University Hospital
    Odense, 5000, Denmark
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2022 to primary completion in Jan 2024, 23 months.

Of 77 interventional studies with no phase under Urinary Incontinence, Urge, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41. This study's 23 months is above that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 25, 2022
First posted
May 10, 2022
StartActual
Feb 15, 2022
Primary completionActual
Jan 15, 2024
CompletionActual
Jan 15, 2024
Last update
Feb 5, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05368246
Lead sponsor
InnoCon Medical
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 10, 2022
Start date
Feb 15, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2024
Completion
Jan 15, 2024
Last update
Feb 5, 2024

Study contacts

Peter Christensen
principal investigator · Palle Juul Jensens Boulevard 99 DK-8200 Aarhus N

Oversight

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