Behavior and Exercise Versus Drug Treatment in Men With Nocturia (BEDTiMe) (BEDTiMe)

Behavior and Exercise Versus Drug Treatment in Men With Nocturia

Nocturia, waking at night from sleep to void, is a prevalent and troublesome symptom. Treatment with an alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication (α-blockers) is a standard therapy for LUTS in men, but α-blockers offer only limited reductions in nocturia. While combinations of multiple drugs could be used, many individuals wish to take fewer medications.

Participants in the BEDTiMe Nocturia Study will undergo a series of visits during which they will receive a combination of either standard drug therapy (or placebo) and a behavioral intervention tailored to help with nocturia or problems with nocturia. Participants will be evaluated for outcomes at 12 weeks and followed for six months.

This study will yield important information related to alternative treatments of nocturia in men, as well as novel information regarding the clinical importance of these nocturia reductions. This study has the potential to alter standards of care.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Nocturia
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Behavioral; Drug: placebo; Drug: tamsulosin (alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication); Behavioral: placebo

Detailed Description

Nocturia, waking at night from sleep to void, is a prevalent and troublesome symptom. While other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)-- including poor urinary stream, urgency, frequency, and straining to void-- are also common, nocturia is one of the most bothersome LUTS. Nocturia causes sleep disruption and is associated with accidental falls and higher utilization of sick days from work. Conditions that result in low volume urinary voids, high urine production at night, and/or primary sleep disturbances will cause nocturia. Overactive bladder (OAB), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), congestive heart failure (CHF), poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM), peripheral edema, and obstructive sleep apnea all cause nocturia. Individual patients frequently have multiple conditions potentially related to nocturia, which highlights the need for strategies that are broad-based interventions. Treatment with an alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication (α-blockers) is a standard therapy for LUTS in men, but α-blockers offer only limited reductions in nocturia. While combinations of multiple drugs could also be employed to more successfully treat nocturia, non-drug treatments are an important option for those unwilling or unable to take additional medications.

The BEDTiMe Nocturia Study (Behavior and Exercise or Drug Trial in Men with Nocturia), is a two-site (Atlanta and Birmingham), randomized, clinical trial. The 200 male participants will be stratified by degree of nocturia and urinary flow rate and randomized to three treatment arms: 1) α-blocker therapy alone; versus 2) a standardized, multicomponent behavioral and exercise therapy (M-BET), given with placebo tablets; versus 3) combination therapy (M-BET and α-blockers). The M-BET intervention includes: training in pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, self monitoring with bladder diaries, and teaching urge suppression and other skills to inhibit detrusor contractions; fluid management strategies; sleep hygiene strategies; and non-pharmacological management of lower extremity edema. Interventions similar to M-BET have shown reductions in nocturia in women with urge urinary incontinence (UI) that exceeded benefit from anticholinergic drug therapy. The use of this intervention in men builds upon strong pilot data from the MINIM trial (Multicomponent Interventions for Nocturia in Men; VA GRECC Pilot, VA Medical Research Services) and the ongoing study Behavioral Treatment For Overactive Bladder In Men (VA RR&D B02-2489R, Burgio, PI).

The study design allows 3 main research questions to be addressed: 1) Does M-BET reduce nocturia more than α-blockers?; 2) Does M-BET improve sleep more than α-blockers?; and 3) Will combination therapy be more effective than either treatment alone? The main outcomes will be nocturia reduction and sleep improvement at 12 weeks. Nocturia reduction will be assessed by participant completed bladder diaries and sleep improvement will be assessed by wrist-actigraph determined sleep efficiency, total sleep time, and wake time after sleep onset.

This study will yield important information related to alternative treatments of nocturia in male veterans, as well as novel information regarding the clinical importance of these nocturia reductions. Though many clinicians employ single-agent α-blockers routinely for the treatment of nocturia, few utilize multicomponent behavioral interventions or use behavioral therapy. Thus, this study has the potential to alter standards of care.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 72
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
      • Birmingham VA Medical Center
  • Georgia
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30033
      • Atlanta VA Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Nocturia ≥2 episodes / night average on the screening diary;
2. Willingness and appropriateness to receive an α- blocker;
3. Willingness to keep a bladder and sleep diary;
4. Willingness to wear a wrist actigraph; and
5. Willingness to make study visits

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Evidence of overt bladder outlet obstruction: peak uroflow <4 mL/sec on a void of ≥125 mL, or a PVR of ≥ 300 mL;
2. Use of clean intermittent self-catheterization at home or having been instructed by a provider to do so within the last 12 months;
3. Genitourinary cancer, including active prostate cancer with ongoing surgical or radiation treatment, or the need of treatment, or bladder cancer, or persistent unexplained hematuria;
4. Obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP use, provider diagnosis with symptoms, or strong suspicion of diagnosis during screening;
5. Having Parkinson's disease with an uncontrolled tremor (invalidates wrist actigraphy);
6. Poorly controlled congestive heart failure as evidenced on physical examination;
7. Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus with either hemoglobin A1c of ≥ 7.5 or a random glucose ≥ 200 within last 3 months; or
8. Unstable health conditions expected to result in death or hospitalization within 3 months, as assessed by PI or Site PI;
9. Previously receiving intensive bladder training;
10. Allergic to Tamsulosin;
11. Previous spinal cord injury;
12. Currently on dialysis or in consideration for dialysis due to end stage renal disease;
13. More than 2 urinary tract infections within the last 12 months;
14. Not able to transfer independently from a wheelchair to the toilet;
15. Unstable dose of diuretic within the past 3 months;
16. Has an artificial urinary sphincter;
17. Impaired mental status;
18. TURP or other urologic surgery within the last 6 months.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Behavioral and Exercise Therapy (M-BET); Multicomponent behavior and exercise therapy program (M-BET) - pelvic floor muscle exercises, urge suppression strategies, fluid strategies, sleep hygiene & non-pharmacological management of peripheral edema. M-BET alone will be given with placebo capsules.	Behavioral: Behavioral; Multicomponent Behavioral and Exercise Therapy (M-BET) - pelvic floor muscle exercises, urge suppression strategies, fluid strategies, sleep hygiene & non-pharmacological management of peripheral edema.; Other Names: M-BET; Drug: placebo; tamsulosin placebo
Active Comparator: Drug Therapy w/ Behavioral Placebo; alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication with a placebo behavioral intervention	Drug: tamsulosin (alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication); 0.4 mg given daily; Other Names: Drug Group; Behavioral: placebo; placebo behavioral intervention; Other Names: Face Recognition Behavioral placebo
Active Comparator: Combination Therapy; Combination therapy: MBET and alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication	Behavioral: Behavioral; Multicomponent Behavioral and Exercise Therapy (M-BET) - pelvic floor muscle exercises, urge suppression strategies, fluid strategies, sleep hygiene & non-pharmacological management of peripheral edema.; Other Names: M-BET; Drug: tamsulosin (alpha-adrenergic antagonist medication); 0.4 mg given daily; Other Names: Drug Group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Nocturia episodes (voiding diary)	Participant recorded bladder diary over 7-day that included nocturia episodes	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sleep quality	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	12 weeks
Bother from nocturia	American Urological Association 7 symptom index accompanying bother index; specific question on nocturia	12 weeks
Symptom-specific quality of life measure	The International Consultation on Incontinence Nocturia Quality of Life Instrument (ICI-NQOL)	12 weeks
Nocturia episodes (self report)	The 7th question on the American Urological Association 7 Symptom Index: "Over the past month, how many times did you most typically get up to urinate from the time that you went to bed at night until the time you got up in the morning? 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 or more.	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Atlanta VA Medical Center
• Collaborators: University of Alabama at Birmingham; Emory University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Theodore Johnson II, MD, MPH, Atlanta Veteran Affairs Adminstration, Emory University School of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Johnson TM 2nd, Vaughan CP, Goode PS, Bliwise DL, Markland AD, Huisingh C, Redden DT, McGwin G, Eisenstein R, Ouslander JG, Issa M, Burgio KL. Pilot Results from a Randomized Trial in Men Comparing Alpha-Adrenergic Antagonist versus Behavior and Exercise for Nocturia and Sleep. Clin Ther. 2016 Oct 28:S0149-2918(16)30742-1. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.10.001. Online ahead of print.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 15, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 15, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): January 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 16, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 9, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Quality of life; Sleep; nocturia
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Nocturia; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Urological Agents; Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; Tamsulosin; Adrenergic Agents; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Adrenergic Antagonists
• Other Study ID Numbers: VA RR&D No. D6110R; D6110R (Other Grant/Funding Number: VA RR&D)