August 28th 2024
Over 12 weeks, the average reduction in total UI frequency was 2.3 episodes per day among those in the pelvic yoga program compared with 1.9 episodes per day among those in the general physical conditioning program.
What’s been the biggest change in treatments for UTIs and/or incontinence over the past decade?
June 9th 2022"With urge incontinence, the biggest advantage over the past few years is the emergence, and the proven efficacy, of the β-3 agonists, which are much better medications than the anticholinergic," says 1 urologist.
Study shows machine learning is predicting outcomes in overactive bladder
May 24th 2022“Our algorithms were extremely accurate in predicting treatment response to both modalities. In fact, they could correctly predict which patient was a responder and which patient was a non-responder about 90% of the time in patients they had never seen before,” said Glenn Werneburg, MD, PhD.
Vibegron equally effective in OAB wet and dry patients
April 26th 2022“In this subgroup analysis of data from the EMPOWUR trial, vibegron was associated with significant reductions in urgency episodes and micturitions compared with placebo in both the OAB dry and wet populations,” said lead author Jeffrey Frankel, MD.
OAB treatment adherence: Navigator impact and additional challenges
April 6th 2022“I think the take-home point here is that patient-centered care in the form of navigators to help support patients and provide those frequent check ins really appears to help improve adherence to therapy and progression to advanced therapies,” says Ekene Enemchukwu, MD, MPH.
Assessing the use of navigators for improvement of patient adherence to onabotulinumtoxinA
March 24th 2022“We really felt that this was an important question to ask because we know that OAB therapy adherence is associated with improvements in urinary symptoms, quality of life, and decreased OAB-related health care costs,” says Ekene Enemchukwu, MD, MPH.