The Effect of Local Anesthetic Solution in the Bladder Prior to Botox Injections in the Bladder

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Lidocaine solution versus placebo (isotonic Sodium Chloride NaCl) disposed inside the urinary bladder as intravesical anesthesia prior to onabotulinum toxin A injections in the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence.

Timeline

Start

2022-09-12

Primary completion

2024-04-01

Completion

2024-05-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The mean VAS score was significantly lower following intravesical alkalinised lidocaine (mean 21.3 mm, 95% confidence interval [CI] 14.7-27.8 mm) PMID 39797697 ↗

paper with a mean difference of -20.3 mm (95% CI -29.2 to -11.5 mm; P < 0.001). PMID 39797697 ↗

Publications

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Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	20 ml	Intravenous
Subject	sodium bicarbonate	Diagnostic / imaging agent	10 ml	Intravenous

Indications