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Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence.

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Visco, AG; Brubaker, L; Richter, HE; Nygaard, I; Paraiso, MFR; Menefee, SA; Schaffer, J; Lowder, J; Khandwala, S; Sirls, L; Spino, C ...
Published in: N Engl J Med
November 8, 2012

BACKGROUND: Anticholinergic medications and onabotulinumtoxinA are used to treat urgency urinary incontinence, but data directly comparing the two types of therapy are needed. METHODS: We performed a double-blind, double-placebo-controlled, randomized trial involving women with idiopathic urgency urinary incontinence who had five or more episodes of urgency urinary incontinence per 3-day period, as recorded in a diary. For a 6-month period, participants were randomly assigned to daily oral anticholinergic medication (solifenacin, 5 mg initially, with possible escalation to 10 mg and, if necessary, subsequent switch to trospium XR, 60 mg) plus one intradetrusor injection of saline or one intradetrusor injection of 100 U of onabotulinumtoxinA plus daily oral placebo. The primary outcome was the reduction from baseline in mean episodes of urgency urinary incontinence per day over the 6-month period, as recorded in 3-day diaries submitted monthly. Secondary outcomes included complete resolution of urgency urinary incontinence, quality of life, use of catheters, and adverse events. RESULTS: Of 249 women who underwent randomization, 247 were treated, and 241 had data available for the primary outcome analyses. The mean reduction in episodes of urgency urinary incontinence per day over the course of 6 months, from a baseline average of 5.0 per day, was 3.4 in the anticholinergic group and 3.3 in the onabotulinumtoxinA group (P=0.81). Complete resolution of urgency urinary incontinence was reported by 13% and 27% of the women, respectively (P=0.003). Quality of life improved in both groups, without significant between-group differences. The anticholinergic group had a higher rate of dry mouth (46% vs. 31%, P=0.02) but lower rates of catheter use at 2 months (0% vs. 5%, P=0.01) and urinary tract infections (13% vs. 33%, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Oral anticholinergic therapy and onabotulinumtoxinA by injection were associated with similar reductions in the frequency of daily episodes of urgency urinary incontinence. The group receiving onabotulinumtoxinA was less likely to have dry mouth and more likely to have complete resolution of urgency urinary incontinence but had higher rates of transient urinary retention and urinary tract infections. (Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01166438.).

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N Engl J Med

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1533-4406

Publication Date

November 8, 2012

Volume

367

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19

Start / End Page

1803 / 1813

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Xerostomia
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Urinary Retention
  • Urinary Incontinence, Urge
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines
  • Solifenacin Succinate
  • Quinuclidines
  • Quality of Life
  • Nortropanes
  • Middle Aged
 

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Visco, A. G., Brubaker, L., Richter, H. E., Nygaard, I., Paraiso, M. F. R., Menefee, S. A., … Pelvic Floor Disorders Network, . (2012). Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence. N Engl J Med, 367(19), 1803–1813. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1208872
Visco, Anthony G., Linda Brubaker, Holly E. Richter, Ingrid Nygaard, Marie Fidela R. Paraiso, Shawn A. Menefee, Joseph Schaffer, et al. “Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence.N Engl J Med 367, no. 19 (November 8, 2012): 1803–13. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1208872.
Visco AG, Brubaker L, Richter HE, Nygaard I, Paraiso MFR, Menefee SA, et al. Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence. N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 8;367(19):1803–13.
Visco, Anthony G., et al. “Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence.N Engl J Med, vol. 367, no. 19, Nov. 2012, pp. 1803–13. Pubmed, doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1208872.
Visco AG, Brubaker L, Richter HE, Nygaard I, Paraiso MFR, Menefee SA, Schaffer J, Lowder J, Khandwala S, Sirls L, Spino C, Nolen TL, Wallace D, Meikle SF, Pelvic Floor Disorders Network. Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence. N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 8;367(19):1803–1813.

Published In

N Engl J Med

DOI

EISSN

1533-4406

Publication Date

November 8, 2012

Volume

367

Issue

19

Start / End Page

1803 / 1813

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Xerostomia
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Urinary Retention
  • Urinary Incontinence, Urge
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines
  • Solifenacin Succinate
  • Quinuclidines
  • Quality of Life
  • Nortropanes
  • Middle Aged