Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03625492
Fluids Affecting Bladder Urgency and Lower Urinary Symptoms
Effect of Potentially Irritating Beverages on Overactive Bladder Symptoms
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 65 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study evaluates whether eliminating certain ingredients (caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, acidic juices) consumed in beverages reduces bladder symptoms of urinary frequency and urgency. Women with overactive bladder will be recruited. Half of these women will receive instructions to replace beverages containing these ingredients with beverages such as water or milk. The other half of participants will receive instructions on following the United States Department of Agriculture guidelines on healthy eating.
Detailed description
It is commonly believed that it is better for women's bladders if intake of certain beverages is eliminated. Advice is given to women with frequency/urgency symptoms to avoid coffee or tea, sodas or pop, or any other drinks that contain alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweeteners or high acidic content. Although the investigators do not know the direct cause and effect of consuming beverages with these ingredients, there might be reduction in "irritating" sensation to toilet often because of urgency if the beverages with these ingredients are replaced by "non-irritating" beverages.
Conditions
- Overactive Bladder
- Urinary Urgency
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive
- Urinary Incontinence, Urge
- Caffeine
- Alcohol Drinking
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Reducing Potentially Irritating Beverages | This group will receive a 7 minute video teaching participants to replace beverages that include caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, or acidic juices with equal volume intake of water, milk, or other beverages that do not have these ingredients in them. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Adopting the USDA Healthy Eating Habits | This group will receive a 7 minute video teaching them the USDA guidelines for healthy eating. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-08-07
- Primary completion
- 2019-09-17
- Completion
- 2019-09-17
- First posted
- 2018-08-10
- Last updated
- 2019-11-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03625492. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.