About this trial

The APPROVE trial is a multi-centered, randomized controlled trial designed to assess differences in symptom improvement, quality of life, bladder symptoms, satisfaction with treatment and continued treatment efficacy in women with overactive bladder (OAB) randomized to a prescription digital therapeutic (PDTx) app called RiSolve compared to standard behavioral education (handouts).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Women ≥ 22 years old

Bothersome OAB symptoms (defined as bother rating ≥ 5 on ICIQ-FLUTS question #3b or #9b)

English-speaking

Willing to forego other treatment outside of medications for the 8-week trial period

Disqualifiers

Stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence (defined as QUID stress score > QUID urge score)

Voiding dysfunction defined as response ≥ 2 on ICIQ-FLUTS question #7a

Bladder pain defined as response ≥ 2 on ICIQ-FLUTS question #4a

Use of an OAB medication (anticholinergic or beta-agonist) within the past two weeks

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • RiSolve App
  • AUGS Patient Handouts

Treatment groups

596 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

10
Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham35249, Birmingham United States
California
Stanford University94304, Palo Alto United States
District of Columbia
MedStar Health20010, Washington D.C. United States
Illinois
University of Chicago60637, Chicago United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Medstar Health Research Institute

Lead sponsor

Foundation for Female Health Awareness (FFHA)

Collaborator