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RecruitingNCT06161506Updated Nov 10, 2026

Surface Electrical Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Elidah Device in Urinary Urge Incontinence, Stress Urinary Incontinence and Prostatic Hyperplasia, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2024; still recruiting 2 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
41
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 120 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Background:

Men who are treated for prostate cancer often develop urinary leakage (incontinence). An experimental device that uses electrical impulses to stimulate pelvic floor muscles and surrounding tissues may help.

Objective:

To see if the Elidah device can reduce urinary incontinence after prostate treatment.

Eligibility:

Men aged 18 years and older who have had moderate urinary incontinence for at least 6 months after treatment for prostate cancer.

Design:

Participants will be in the study for about 9 weeks. They will be screened. They will have a physical exam with urine tests.

The Elidah device consists of a Controller and a GelPad. The Controller sets the strength of electrical impulses. The GelPad is placed against the skin under the pelvis.

Participants will be given an Elidah device and taught how to use it at home.

They will use the device once a day for 20 minutes at a time; they will do this 5 days a week for 6 weeks.

Participants will complete a daily log. They will record the strength of electrical impulses (0-35); the number of incontinence episodes; the type of incontinence episode; and the number of used pads.

Participants will do a pad weight test. For 3 days before and 3 days after using the Elidah device, they will collect all of their used pads for each 24-hour period into a sealed plastic bag. They will also collect a second set of bags that contain dry versions of each product used.

Participants will have clinic visits after using the device for 3 weeks and after finishing the 6 weeks of treatment.

Participants will complete 15-minute questionnaires.

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Background:

  • Urinary incontinence is a common side effect of prostate cancer therapy that can negatively impact the quality of life.
  • Standard treatment includes an initial course of pelvic floor muscle exercises followed by surgical therapy if urinary incontinence persists.
  • Although pelvic floor muscle exercises can be successful in reducing urinary incontinence, compliance with exercises is poor.
  • The Elitone (registered trademark) device was recently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in women with stress urinary incontinence. This device provides a surface electrical muscle stimulation device designed to contract the pelvic floor muscles and has been shown to reduce incontinence in women using the product.
  • Recently, the electrode component (GelPad) of the device has been adapted for use in men by the manufacturing company, Elidah. The male version of the device is named the Elidah device.

Objective:

-To describe the efficacy of the Elidah device on male urinary incontinence

Eligibility:

  • Participants must be male.
  • Participants must have a history of urinary incontinence for at least 6 months after prostate cancer treatment.
  • Participants must have at least one of the following types of urinary incontinence:

    • stress urinary incontinence, defined as involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion (e.g., sporting activities), or on sneezing or coughing;
    • urge urinary incontinence, defined as a compelling need to urinate, due to pain or an unpleasant sensation, that is difficult to defer.

Design:

  • This is a phase II trial testing the efficacy of the Elidah device in people treated for prostate cancer with stress and/or urge urinary incontinence.
  • Prior to treatment, participants will undergo baseline assessments including 24-hour pad weight testing and questionnaires relating to incontinence and quality of life.
  • Participants will self-administer the Elidah device treatment for 20 minutes per day, 5 days per week during a 6-week period in the at-home environment. Participants will maintain a Daily Log to record usage of the Elidah device, urinary leaks, and use of pads during each week of treatment.
  • Following 6 weeks of therapy, participants will undergo re-evaluation of symptoms and urinary incontinence via questionnaires and testing with the 24-hour pad weight test.
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Conditions studied

  • Urinary Urge Incontinence
  • Stress Urinary Incontinence
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia

Keywords

  • Elidah Device
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Prostate Cancer
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In context

Urinary Incontinence, Urge

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

This study's planned enrollment of 41 is below the median of 86 across 190 interventional studies indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Urge.

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Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,556 studies on the registry; 336 are open to participants now.

Of its 411 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 373 (91%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 120 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be male.
  • Participants must have a history of urinary incontinence for at least 6 months after local prostate cancer treatment.
  • Participants must have at least one of the following types of urinary incontinence:

    • stress urinary incontinence, defined as involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion (e.g., sporting activities) or on sneezing or coughing
    • urge urinary incontinence, defined as a compelling need to urinate, due to pain or an unpleasant sensation, that is difficult to defer.
  • Participants must have moderate urinary incontinence defined as use of 1-4 pads per day by self-report at screening.
  • Participants must be able to read and write in English.
  • Age >= 18 years.
  • (ECOG) performance status \<= 2.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written document.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  • Change of therapy for prostate cancer planned during the study intervention.
  • History or symptoms of urinary retention (not an exclusion if this occurred before prostatectomy), extra-urethral incontinence, overflow incontinence.
  • Active urinary tract infection (UTI) at screening or history of recurrent urinary tract infections (>= 4 UTIs within the 12 months prior to the study treatment initiation).
  • History of complete denervation of the pelvic floor.
  • Severe obesity ( [BMI] >35).
  • Pelvic pain/painful bladder syndrome.
  • Metal implant in the abdominal or pelvic area.
  • History of chronic cough with ongoing symptoms
  • An implanted cardiac device, history of untreated cardiac arrhythmia, or history of other heart problems.
  • History of epilepsy.
  • History of underlying neurologic/neuromuscular disorder that could contribute to urinary incontinence.
  • Change in medications prescribed for urinary incontinence within 2 weeks prior to the study treatment initiation.
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness evaluated by medical history and physical examination or social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

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.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
41 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1/Elidah Device

    Elidah device application.

    Device: Elidah Device

Interventions

  • DeviceElidah Device

    The Elidah device is a modified version of the FDA approved ELITONE device cleared for use in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. For the current study, only minor modifications have been implemented with respect to the shape of the electrode component, providing a contour better suited to fit the male anatomy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. To describe the efficacy of the Elidah device treatment on male urinary incontinence

    Percent decrease in 24-hour pad weight after treatment with the Elidah device.

    Time frame: Baseline and within 2 weeks after completing treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. To assess the safety of the Elidah device in men with urinary incontinence

    Frequency of adverse events among treated participants and reporting the results, by maximum grade of event and type of toxicity noted.

    Time frame: 3 week visit and end of treatment visit

  2. To assess alternative measures of efficacy of Elidah device on male urinary incontinence and bother

    Evaluated by the number of pads and number of leaks before and after treatment. The mean of the percent reduction in the number of pads used per day following treatment will be computed along with 95% confidence intervals.

    Time frame: Baseline and at end of treatment visit

  3. To assess participant-reported outcomes of Elidah device use for male urinary incontinence

    The proportion of participants for which the I-QoL score improves by 2.5 points or more following six weeks of Elidah device use will be estimated. 95% confidence intervals for this proportion will be constructed.

    Time frame: Baseline and at end of treatment visit

  4. To assess treatment compliance with the Elidah device

    A test of binomial proportions will be performed to assess whether the treatment noncompliance rate is above the unacceptability threshold.

    Time frame: 3 week visit and end of treatment visit

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
    Recruiting
    • National Cancer Institute Referral Office · Contact888-624-1937
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All IPD recorded in the medical record will be shared with intramural investigators upon request.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form

Time frame: Clinical data available during the study and indefinitely.

Access criteria: Clinical data will be made available via subscription to BTRIS and with the permission of the study PI.

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Updates

3 registry updates since Sep 25, 2026
Minor edits
Nothing that changes what the study is or who can join. Edited: verification date
3 updates, last Nov 10, 2026
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  1. Nov 10, 2026
    Minor edits only
    + 1 other change: verification date
  2. Oct 29, 2026
    Minor edits only
    + 1 other change: verification date
  3. Oct 16, 2026
    Minor edits only
    + 1 other change: verification date

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06161506
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 8, 2023
Start date
Feb 15, 2024
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 10, 2026

Study contacts

Debbie-Ann N Nathan, R.N.
Contact
dnathan@mail.nih.gov
(240) 858-3103
Deborah E Citrin, M.D.
Contact
citrind@mail.nih.gov
(240) 760-6206
Deborah E Citrin, M.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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