Lessening Incontinence by Learning Yoga (LILY)

January 16, 2013 updated by: Alison Huang, University of California, San Francisco
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of recruiting women with urinary incontinence into a randomized controlled trial of a yoga therapy program.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
        • University of California, San Francisco

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

40 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women aged 40 years or older who report urinary incontinence for > 3 months prior to screening
  • Self-report at least 7 urinary incontinence episodes per week on a screening 7-day voiding diary
  • Self-report urgency-predominant, stress-predominant, or mixed-type incontinence on the screening voiding diary
  • Willing to refrain from initiating medical treatments that may affect their incontinence or voiding pattern during the study period
  • Capable of understanding study procedures and giving informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participation in a yoga class or other formal or organized yoga instruction in the past year
  • Any prior yoga therapy directed specifically at improving urinary incontinence or pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Current use of medical therapy or device (i.e. pessary) for incontinence or use within the previous month
  • Currently pregnant, gave birth within the past 6 months, or planning pregnancy during the study period
  • Current urinary tract infection or a history or 3 or more urinary tract infections in the preceding year
  • Report history of neurologic conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or Parkinson's disease, or a lumbosacral spine condition associated with neurological symptoms
  • Unable to walk up a flight of stairs or at least 2 blocks on level ground without assistance
  • Unable to get up from a supine to a standing position in 10 seconds or less and without assistance
  • Severe obesity, defined as body mass index > 35 kg/m2 on screening examination
  • Report history of interstitial cystitis, fistula or hole in bladder or rectum, or birth defect leading to urine leakage
  • Report any history of prior anti-incontinence or urethral surgery (not including urethral dilation), pelvic cancer, or pelvic irradiation for any reason
  • Report use of bladder botox, electrostimulation, bladder training, or pelvic floor exercise training (with certified practitioners) in the past 3 months
  • Report other surgery to the pelvis (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, vaginal surgery, bladder surgery, colon surgery) within the past 3 months
  • Report symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse
  • Report history of vulvodynia, chronic pelvic pain, or pain when practicing pelvic floor exercises
  • 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
  • Participation in another research study that involves investigational drugs or devices that could potentially confound the results of this study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga Therapy
Women in the Yoga Therapy Group will receive twice weekly yoga classes for 6 weeks.
Other: Yoga Therapy Program
No Intervention: Control
Women in the Control Group will wait 6 weeks before receiving a gift certificate for yoga classes at an external yoga studio in the San Francisco Bay Area

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in the number of incontinence episodes over 7 days, with 95% confidence intervals, between baseline and 6 weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 16, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 21, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

August 24, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 17, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2013

Last Verified

January 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 12-09389

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