Mobility and Voiding Exercises in Older Women With Urinary Incontinence (MoVEonUp) (MOVEONUP)

MoVE on Up: Mobility and Voiding Exercises in Older Women With Urinary Incontinence

A prospective, two-arm randomized clinical trial utilizing a multidimensional intervention to reduce falls in older women with Urinary Urge Incontinence. The intervention consist of general balance and strength training, bladder training and urge suppression, and home hazard assessments. The control group will receive informational booklets on fall prevention and behavioral treatment for urinary urge incontinence.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence, Urge
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Exercise Group

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 375
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • University of Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 70 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female
• 70 or older
• Living independently in the community
• Willingness to be randomized.
• Ability to read and understand English
• Be able to provide informed consent
• Low physical activity (physically active for 30 minutes or more less than or equal to 2 days per week on average over the past 6 months) per PAS
• Ambulatory (defined as patient not confined to bed or wheelchair OR ability to walk with or without an assistive device)
• Self-reported moderate to severe urge-predominant UI based on the ICIQ-SF > 6 (Q 1+2+3)
• Not planning to initiate new UI or overactive bladder (OAB) treatment during the study duration
• Capable of participation in an exercise program without exacerbating any pre-existing condition(s), as determined by the study PI or designee

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pelvic organ prolapse passed the hymen (per patient report)
• Undergoing active treatment for cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
• Uncorrected visual or hearing loss.
• Other urinary conditions or procedures that may affect continence status for example: urethral diverticulum, previous augmentation cystoplasty
• Progressive neurodegenerative disease e.g. Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis per patient report
• History of stroke or carotid sensitivity (i.e. syncopal falls) per patient report
• Unstable cardiac disease per patient report
• Fracture or joint replacement within the last six months per patient report
• Significant cognitive impairment (defined as a modified TICs score of < 27)
• Per PI discretion, participant cannot enroll in study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Exercise Group; Participants in this group will participate in the home-based exercise group intervention that consists of general balance and strength training, bladder training and urge suppression, and home hazard assessments.	Behavioral: Exercise Group; Home-based exercise group intervention
No Intervention: Control Group; Participants in this group will receive informational booklets on fall prevention and behavioral treatment for Urgency Incontinence.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in number of falls between the baseline visit and 1 year	number of falls reported in a falls diary	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in urinary incontinence score on the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF) between baseline visit and 1 year	Change in International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF). A minimum score is 0, a maximum score is 21 with a higher score indicating higher severity.	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Uduak U Andy, MD, University of Pennsylvania

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Andy UU, Newman DK, Wyman JF, Klusaritz H, Walsh W, Shou H, Koepler N, Schmitz KH, Reaves S, Arya L, Brown RT. The Mobility and Voiding Exercises in Older Women with Urinary Incontinence (MoVEonUp) randomized controlled trial: study protocol and rationale. BMC Geriatr. 2024 Dec 4;24(1):994. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05552-7.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 9, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 5, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 3, 2026
• Last Verified: January 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urination Disorders; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urological Manifestations; Urinary Incontinence; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms; Urinary Incontinence, Urge
• Other Study ID Numbers: 849788

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No