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RecruitingNCT07829692Updated Sep 23, 2026

Effectiveness of an 8-week Independent Cadence Retraining Program on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Parous Runners.

An interventional study of Cadence Increase and Cadence Maintenance in Stress Urinary Incontinence, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-23.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Aug 2026; still recruiting 3 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
66
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 189 studies in Urinary Incontinence, Stress with a site in United States — 27 open to participants now, 40 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Urinary Incontinence, Stress · United States.

Planned enrollment
100th of 163
66 · median 98
Started
2026
with 4 others
No phase
109 of 189
18 open now
Primary completion
2029-08
later than 33 of 39 live
Registered
188th of 189
by date

Among the 189 studies in Urinary Incontinence, Stress with a site in United States, this one is the 100th largest by planned enrollment of the 163 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 5 that started in 2026, is one of 109 with no phase, reaches primary completion later than 33 of the 39 other live ones, and was the 188th registered.

Urinary Incontinence, Stress

653 studies on the registry are indexed under Urinary Incontinence, Stress; 121 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

27 of the 189 studies in Urinary Incontinence, Stress with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 74 Urinary Incontinence, Stress studies recruiting now, 42 (57%) set no upper age limit and 18 (24%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; 16 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · female · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of an eight-week home cadence training program on stress urinary incontinence symptoms in parous women.

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Following informed consent and completion of baseline study measures, participants will complete a home running-cadence assessment using their Garmin device. Participants will receive standardized written instructions through an electronic link, with verbal or technical assistance available from the research team as needed. Investigators will compare a cadence-increase intervention with a cadence-maintenance control condition. Both groups will complete 8 weeks of their typical at home running program. This study will be conducted entirely remotely, and no in-person study visits will be required. Participants assigned to the cadence-increase group will be instructed to continue their previously planned running program while increasing their running cadence by approximately 10% above their baseline cadence. Their Garmin watch will be programmed to provide an alert when cadence falls below or above the individualized target. Participants assigned to the cadence-maintenance control group will also continue their previously planning running program. Their Garmin watch will be programmed with cadence alerts intended to support maintenance of their baseline average cadence. The active intervention period will last eight weeks. Study measures will be collected at baseline, immediately following the eight-week intervention, and at six months. Electronic questionnaires will be used to assess urinary-incontinence symptoms and other relevant pelvic-floor symptoms.

The study is designed to determine whether a low-cost, fully remote, wearable-guided modification of running cadence can reduce SUI symptoms in parous runners.

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Conditions studied

  • Stress Urinary Incontinence
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy
  • Nonpregnant
  • Female volunteers
  • Self-reported urinary incontinence during running with history of at least one prior delivery after 32 weeks gestation and who run 6 miles/week with a preferred cadence of less than or equal to 170 steps per minute determined via personal report from current Garmin watch data.
  • Participants must own their own or have access to a Garmin watch.
  • Participants must read, speak, and understand English sufficiently to provide and complete study procedures and questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unwillingness to complete all components of the study
  • Urge only urinary incontinence
  • \<3 months postpartum or current pregnancy
  • History of prolapse repair or incontinence surgery
  • Participants will also be excluded if they do not own or utilize a Garmin watch that provides cadence assessment and alarm.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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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.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
66 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cadence increase group

    Participants will log running data and set cadence alarms to increase running cadence by 10%

    Other: Cadence Increase

  • Placebo comparator
    Cadence Maintenance Arm

    Participants will log their running data and set cadence alarm to maintain cadence.

    Other: Cadence Maintenance

Interventions

  • OtherCadence Increase

    Utilizing cadence alarm on a garmin device, the intervention group will attempt to increase their running cadence by 10%.

  • OtherCadence Maintenance

    Participants will use cadence alarms to maintain preferred running cadence.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Preferred Cadence

    Participants will self-assess preferred running cadence using a garmin device during a 15 minute self-paced run.

    Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks

  2. The Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-20 (PFDI-20)

    questionnaire that assesses bowel, bladder, and pelvic symptoms and their impact on quality of life. Scores range from 0 to 300 with higher scores indicating greater pelvic floor distress and impact on quality of life.

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, and 6 month

  3. Questionnaire for Female Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID)

    6 item urinary incontinence questionnaire. A higher SUI score (range 0-15) suggests stress urinary incontinence is more likely. A higher UUI score (range 0-15) suggests urge urinary incontinence is more likely. The questionnaire is designed to help distinguish between these two main types of urinary incontinence in women.

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, and 6 months

  4. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Urinary Incontinence (ICIQ-UI)

    The ICIQ-UI Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) produces a single score from 0 to 21 by summing three scored items: leakage frequency, leakage amount, and impact on daily life. A higher score indicates increased severity of urinary incontinence symptoms.

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, and 6 months

  5. Global Rating of Change (GROC)

    Scale allowing patient to self-report perceived change of UI symptoms. This is an 11-point scale (-5 to +5) with a higher positive score indicating greater improvement in SUI symptoms and a lower negative score indicating worsening of SUI symptoms.

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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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

Started Aug 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Aug 2029, 36 months after the start.

Of 226 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 36 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 267 studies reached it within 19 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 43.

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

Registered
Sep 15, 2026
First posted
Sep 21, 2026
StartActual
Aug 5, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Aug 5, 2029
CompletionEst.
Aug 5, 2029
Last update
Sep 23, 2026
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 Sep 23, 2026, 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
NCT07829692
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Nikki Ron (Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 21, 2026
Start date
Aug 5, 2026
Primary completion
Aug 5, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 5, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 23, 2026

Study contacts

Sally Olmstead
Contact
olmstead.sally@mayo.edu
316-641-6192
Nicole Ron, PT, DPT
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

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