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CURRENTLY RECRUITING:
CURRENTLY RECRUITING:
1. IDIOPATHIC OVERACTIVE BLADDER
Urinary Urgency, Frequency, with or without Incontinence (Involuntary loss of urine), and Nocturia (night-time voiding) with No Neurologic Abnormality.
Q. Have you tried EVERYTHING to help your bladder condition…AND you are still wet, embarrassed, and tired from lack of sleep?
Q. Are the costs of medicine, pads, and diapers getting out of control?
Q. Would you like to think about participating in a clinical trial and improving your quality of life?
OBJECTIVE:
To determine if an injection of an investigational medication or placebo into the bladder will improve the symptoms of overactive bladder and reduce the episodes of urinary incontinence in patients who have not responded to current oral therapies.
TRIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Male or Female 18 years of age and older
- Weight 88 pounds or greater
- Must have symptoms of idiopathic overactive bladder (frequency and urgency) with urinary incontinence for at least 6 months prior to screening
- Must be willing to stop current anticholinergic drug therapies (those used to treat overactive bladder condition) *once you have signed informed consent
- Must not have had optimum results with the current overactive drug therapies
- Must be able to complete a bladder diary and questionnaires
- Cannot have any Neurologic Condition such as Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease
Duration of trial: Minimum 24 weeks and Maximum 39 weeks
*Extension trial of 2 years will be available after completion to receive the investigational drug without placebo.
All study related care is provided at no cost. Compensation is available.
For further details and to determine eligibility, please do not hesitate to contact 716-631-9654.
2. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA or BPH, (Enlarged Prostate)
Q. Are you tired of taking pills once or twice a day for your prostate and nothing seems to change…except the cost??!!
Q. Would you like to watch the winning touchdown or goal, reach your destination sooner avoiding numerous ‘pit stops’, and improve your quality of life??
This trial is *Specific for men tired of taking daily oral medication to relieve BPH symptoms
OBJECTIVE:
To determine if a single injection of investigational drug or placebo into the prostate could replace a daily regimen of pills.
TRIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Men 45 years of age and older
- BPH symptoms (urinary frequency, urgency, hesitancy, a feeling of not emptying, weak stream, urinary dribbling or leakage, and/or nocturia( night-time voiding)
- Must be willing to stop current BPH drug treatments/herbals *once you have signed informed consent
- You cannot be taking Coumadin or Warfarin
- You must have controlled Type I or Type II Diabetes Mellitus
- No history of Prostate or Bladder Cancer
- No previous history of prostate surgery
- No pelvic radiation
Duration of trial: 1 year
*Extension with additional visits of one year will be available after completion to receive the investigational drug without placebo factor.
All study related care is provided at no cost. Compensation is available.
For further details and to determine eligibility, please do not hesitate to contact 716-631-9654.
CURRENT TRIALS: (Enrollment period complete)
- Neurogenic Bladder – Improve urinary incontinence for those suffering from Multiple Sclerosis or Spinal Cord Injury.
- Erectile Dysfunction - 3 different doses of an investigational study drug or placebo being used for the treatment of Erectile Dysfunction.
- Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer - One time intravesical (into the bladder) investigational drug administered post TURBT or Transurethral Resection of the Bladder Tumor.