An interventional study of 3D Ultrasound in Stress Urinary Incontinence, Ultrasound and Vascularisation, sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-19.
Sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
The urethra plays a crucial role in maintaining urinary continence. Its complex blood supply is still not well understood. Particularly in the context of urethral pressure. Urethral pressure can be measured by bladder and urethral pressure studies (urodynamic).
This study aims to use advanced imaging techniques to analyse the blood supply of the urethra and correlate it to urethral pressure measurements.
Elucidating these relationships will improve our understanding of urethral function and malfunction, and ultimately optimise diagnosis and treatment of stress urinary incontinence. A total of 35 participants with stress urinary incontinence and 35 without stress urinary incontinence will be asked to participate in this study.
651 studies on the registry are indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Stress; 120 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 70 is close to the median of 68 across 506 interventional studies indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Stress.
Browse Urinary Incontinence, Stress studies →Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern is the lead sponsor of 741 studies on the registry; 180 are open to participants now.
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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.
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participants with stress urinary incontinence
Diagnostic Test: 3D Ultrasound
Participants referred to urodynamics without stress urinary incontinence
Diagnostic Test: 3D Ultrasound
Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL) to assess flow and velocity characteristics of the urethral blood supply
Color histogram index (Vascularity Index)
Doppler Indices (Vascularity Index) generated by Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL)
Time frame: Enrollment by the urodynamic examination until the ultrasound measurement (VOCAL) up to 4 weeks
Plan to share: No — According to the ethics application, the confidentiality measures of the study do not allow the public release of participant data. However, data can be made available upon reasonable request.
Started Sep 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2026, 10 months after the start.
Of 225 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Urinary Incontinence, Stress, half reached primary completion within 19 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 10 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 266 studies reached it within 19 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 43.
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