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Use of Preemptive Pudendal Nerve Block Prior to Hydrodistention for the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02517996

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Official title

Use of Preemptive Pudendal Nerve Block Prior to Hydrodistension for the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS): a Prospective, Double-blinded, Randomized Control Trial

Brief summary

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Interstitial cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a chronic debilitating condition that severely impacts between 2.7 and 6.5 percent of women in the United States. Despite its public health importance the pathogenesis of IC/PBS is not well understood and there is no consensus on the optimal treatment approach for this condition. Hydrodistention is the most commonly used therapy for this condition; but it is limited by severe immediate postoperative bladder pain and its short duration of action. It has been postulated that hydrodistention works by disrupting the sensory nerves within the bladder that may be contributing to bladder pain. Recent evidence has provided support for the use of preemptive pudendal nerve block as a way to blunt immediate postoperative pain. The investigators hypothesize that preemptive pudendal nerve block prior to hydrodistention will result in lower postoperative pain after hydrodistention compared to placebo. This is a prospective double- blinded randomized study and patients will be randomized to receive preemptive bilateral pudendal nerve block with either 1% lidocaine or placebo. Bladder pain will be compared at baseline, 2 hours, 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months using the Visual Analog Scale, O'Leary-Sant questionnaire and the Pelvic Pain Urgency and Frequency questionnaire.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02517996
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Other
Enrollment
18 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jan 31, 2015
Primary completion
May 31, 2018
Completion
May 31, 2018
Last update posted
Jul 23, 2019

2015 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
2
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore Maryland 21204
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore Maryland 21224

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