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Urinary IncontinenceNCT04776720

Ancillary Study of the Lessening Incontinence With Low-impact Activity Study

A study testing Yoga Practice Program and Physical Conditioning Program in people with Urinary Incontinence, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The parent trial that supports this ancillary research is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based yoga intervention to decrease the frequency and impact of urinary incontinence in ambulatory middle-aged and older women. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 45 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Urinary Incontinence
What is being tested?
Yoga Practice Program and Physical Conditioning Program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
240 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
19 Dec 2018to 31 Dec 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 45 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Women aged 45 years or older who report urinary incontinence starting at least 3 months prior to screening
  • Self-report an average of at least one incontinence episodes per day voiding diary
  • Self-report urgency-predominant (i.e., at least half of incontinence episodes being urgency-type), stress-predominant (i.e., at least half of episodes being stress-type), or mixed-type (i.e., an equal number of stress- and urgency-type episodes) incontinence on the screening voiding diary
  • Willing to refrain from initiating medical treatments that may affect their incontinence or voiding pattern during the study intervention period

Who cannot join

  • Current participation in organized yoga classes or workshops, or any prior organized yoga training directed specifically at improving incontinence
  • Current participation in organized physical conditioning classes involving muscle strengthening exercises (e.g., Pilates)
  • Current urinary tract infection or hematuria detected by urinalysis at screening visit (women can re-present after evaluation and treatment through their usual care)
  • Report use of medical devices (i.e. pessary) for incontinence within the past month (participants may stop use of device and re-present for study)
  • Report use of bladder botox, electrostimulation, formal bladder training, or formal pelvic floor exercise training (with certified practitioners) in the past 3 months
  • Report any history of prior anti-incontinence or urethral surgery (not including urethral dilation), pelvic cancer, or pelvic irradiation
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  • Report other surgery to the pelvis (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, vaginal surgery, bladder surgery, colon surgery) within the past 3 months
  • Unable to walk 2 blocks on level ground without assistance (functional capacity < 4 metabolic equivalents)
  • Unable to get up from a supine to a standing position without assistance (assessed during the screening visit)
  • Report history of interstitial cystitis, bladder or rectal fistula, or congenital defect causing urinary incontinence
  • Report incontinence caused by a major neurologic conditions such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or Parkinson's disease
  • Report use of medications with strong effects on urination (anticholinergic bladder medications, beta-3 agonists, tricyclic antidepressants, mirabegron, loop diuretics) within the past month
  • Report starting, stopping, or changing the dose of a medication with the potential to affect anxiety or depression symptoms (i.e., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, anxiolytics/sedatives, antipsychotics) within the past 1 month, or plans to start, stop, or change to dose of such a medication during the study period
  • Participation in another research study that involves investigational drugs or devices that could potentially confound the results of this study
  • Unable to understand study procedures, complete study interviews, or and provide informed consent in English
  • Report conditions that, in the judgment of the investigators, render potential participants unlikely to follow the protocol, including plans to move, substance abuse, significant psychiatric problems, or dementia

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143

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About this study

Official title: Ancillary Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Group Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women

The parent trial that supports this ancillary research is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a group-based yoga intervention to decrease the frequency and impact of urinary incontinence in ambulatory middle-aged and older women.

Women aged 45 years and older who report daily or more frequent stress-, urgency-, or mixed-type incontinence, are not already engaged in formal yoga or muscle stretching/strengthening programs, are willing to temporarily forgo other clinical treatments for incontinence, are able to walk to and use the bathroom without assistance, and meet other eligibility criteria are being recruited from multiple locations surrounding the San Francisco Bay area. Following a series of telephone- and then clinic-based screening assessments, including a voiding diary to confirm the frequency and clinical type of incontinence, eligible women are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to participate in either a 3-month yoga program (N~120) or a time-equivalent, non-specific muscle stretching and strengthening control program (N~120).

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During the 3-month intervention period, participants participate in structured intervention programs (either yoga-specific or muscle stretching-strengthening) consisting of twice weekly, 90-minute group classes led by trained instructors). They are also be instructed to practice their assigned intervention for at least an additional hour per week, with the assistance of participant manuals created by the study team and a set of home yoga or stretching/strengthening exercise props.

For this ancillary trial research, the investigators are examining ancillary measures of a) physical performance status, b)perceived stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms, and c) sleep quality, duration, and continuity, already incorporated by the principal investigator into the parent trial. The investigators will examine prospective relationships between these ancillary measures and participant-reported urinary incontinence frequency/severity/impact, examine intervention effects on these ancillary outcomes, and assess the extent to which these ancillary outcomes mediate intervention effects on incontinence frequency/severity/impact.

Being tested
Yoga Practice Program, Physical Conditioning Program
Medical subject headings
Urinary Incontinence

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Yoga Practice ProgramBehavioural

    3 month group yoga classes

  • Physical Conditioning ProgramBehavioural

    3 month group physical conditioning classes

Study groups in NCT04776720
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Yoga ProgramExperimentalThe 3-month yoga intervention provides instruction and practice in a variety of yoga postures and techniques that have been selected by the study yoga expert consultants for their potential to improve bladder control and safety and feasibility for the target population.
Receives: Behavioral: Yoga Practice Program
Physical Conditioning ProgramActive comparatorThe 3-month physical conditioning program provides instruction and practice in a variety of exercises and stretches that have been designed by the study physical therapist.
Receives: Behavioral: Physical Conditioning Program

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline in One-legged Balance Test (Winsorized)

    Assess change in successive semi-tandem, tandem, and one-legged balance stand tests, in which their ability to hold each position for up to 30 seconds. Scoring is based on the number of seconds in which the participant is able to hold the one-legged balance position, ranging from 0 to 30. If a participant cannot make it through the semi-tandem and tandem stands, the one-legged balance will not be attempted. They will receive a score of zero for the one-legged balance.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Change values were Winsorized at the 1st and 99th percentile. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  2. Change From Baseline in Chair Stands (in 30 Seconds)

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points.

    Higher score indicates better quality of life

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  3. Change From Baseline in 2-Minute Step Test

    Assess change in aerobic endurance. In this test of aerobic endurance for older adults, participants are asked to step in place as many times as possible in a 2 minute period, each time raising the knee to a level midway between the patella and iliac crest.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points Higher scores indicating greater endurance.

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Change From Baseline in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Score

    Assess change in total score on Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), a 10-item measure of thoughts and feelings related to perceived stress in the past month, validated in a probability sample of the United States. Scores range from 0 to 40; higher scores indicated greater perceived stress.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  2. Change From Baseline in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

    Assess change in total score on Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, a validated 20-item self-administered questionnaire measure that has been widely used in clinical trials, including trials of bladder interventions, and has been shown to be sensitive to change. Total scores range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicate greater burden of depression symptoms.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  3. Change From Baseline in State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)--Trait

    Assess change in somatic anxiety. Somatic anxiety (i.e., the affective component of anxiety believed to be related to autonomic physiological arousal response) is measured using the trait component of the Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), a 20-item self-administered measure validated in clinical populations, including patients with bladder symptoms. Scores range from 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater somatic anxiety.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  4. Change From Baseline in Hospital Anxiety & Depression (HADS)--Anxiety Score

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points. Range 0-21, Higher score indicates lower quality of life

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  5. Change From Baseline in Wake After Sleep Onset (Winsorized)

    Assess change in sleep disruption. Average time spent awake after initial sleep onset is also assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Diary, based on participant recordings of nocturnal awakenings after initially falling asleep.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Change values were Winsorized at the 1st and 99th percentile. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points. Higher score indicates lower quality of life.

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  6. Change From Baseline in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Total Score

    Assess change in global sleep quality. Subjective sleep quality is being assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), an 18-item validated questionnaire originally designed to assess sleep quality, latency, efficiency, and problems over a one-week period. A global sleep quality score ranging from 0 to 21 can be derived from the PSQI, with higher scores reflecting poor sleep quality.

    Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

  7. Change From Baseline in Total Sleep Time

    Assess change in average nightly sleep duration. Average total sleep duration is assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Diary is a daily self-report measure previously validated against actigraphy data, and used in multiple past studies of older adults.

    Change from baseline in Total sleep time. Change was calculated as the followup value minus the baseline value. Values are model generated Least Square Means for combined 6 and 12 week time points.

    Measured: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Mar 2021
  2. Study start19 Dec 2018
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2022
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
240 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04776720
Sponsor's protocol ID
K24AG068601
Other IDs
1R01DK116712-01A1, K24AG068601
Status last verified
Aug 2023
First submitted
25 Feb 2021
Last updated
7 Sep 2023
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Hough E, Goldstein LA, Subak LL, Chesney MA, Schembri M, Raghunathan H, Balys Pawlowsky S, Huang AJ. Effects of Hatha Yoga vs Physical Conditioning on Sleep in Women With Urinary Incontinence: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 1;8(12):e2546499. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.46499.

    PubMed 41359336

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Yoga Practice Program and Physical Conditioning Program in people with Urinary Incontinence, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Sep 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 7 Sep 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change From Baseline in One-legged Balance Test (Winsorized) (time frame: Repeated change from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04776720, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Sep 2023.

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