Effectiveness of Combined Behavioral and Drug Therapy for Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Men: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

First-line behavioral and drug therapies for overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in men are effective but not usually curative.

Objective

To determine whether combining behavioral and drug therapies improves outcomes compared with each therapy alone for OAB in men and to compare 3 sequences for implementing combined therapy.

Design, setting, and participants

In this 3-site, 2-stage, 3-arm randomized clinical trial, participants were randomized to 6 weeks of behavioral therapy alone, drug therapy alone, or combined therapy followed by step-up to 6 weeks of combined therapy for all groups. Participants were recruited from 3 outpatient clinics and included community-dwelling men 40 years or older with urinary urgency and 9 or more voids per 24 hours. Data were c

SUBMITTER: Burgio KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990866 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature