School-Based Bladder Health Intervention

April 30, 2026 updated by: Kathleen Kan, Stanford University

Understanding and Enhancing Schoolchildren's Bathroom Habits: Uncovering Barriers and Promoting Healthy Bladder Habits

The aim of this study is to promote healthy bladder behaviors among school children. We hypothesize that a combination of bladder health education and awareness events, additional resources such as a water station to support healthy bladder behaviors, and tailored changes to classroom bathroom policies can promote healthy bladder behaviors among school children.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In order to promote healthy bladder behaviors among school children, we will conduct a randomized control trial in schools. The research team will provide support for a combination of bladder health education and awareness events, additional resources such as a water station to support healthy bladder behaviors, and tailored changes to classroom bathroom policies that are TBD (e.g. mobile technology bathroom passes).

The study will involve 4-8 fourth grade classrooms within 2 elementary schools that meet the historical criteria for >50% students receiving free school lunch.

Study Type

Interventional

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
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Stanford Hospital and Clinics

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

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 4th grade students from elementary schools that meet the historical criteria for >50% students receiving free school lunch.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not meet the inclusion criteria

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Bladder Health Education
Participants in this arm will receive the intervention
Behavioral: Bladder Health Education
This will be a combination of bladder health education and awareness events, additional resources such as a water station to support healthy bladder behaviors, and tailored changes to classroom bathroom policies that are TBD (e.g. mobile technology bathroom passes).
No Intervention: No Bladder Health Education
Participants in this arm will not receive the intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Bathroom use
Time Frame: 4 years
Individual child's bathroom use (# of bathroom trips measured using mobile technology bathroom passes)
4 years
Symptom score
Time Frame: 4 years
Changes in a child's symptom score (survey questions before, during and after the study)
4 years
Urine volume
Time Frame: 4 years
Changes in a child's volume of urine (child will void into private bathroom before and during the study to understand if their bladder are too full, no direct observation)
4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Stanford University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kathleen Kan, Stanford University

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 (Estimated)

January 1, 2028

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2033

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2033

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 15, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

February 22, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 73162

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Identifiers might be removed from identifiable private information and, after such removal, the information could be used for future research studies or distributed to another investigator for future research studies. Any shared data will be de-identified.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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