TOMUS-Trial Of Mid-Urethral Slings - Full Text View

Purpose

The primary aim of this clinical trial is to compare treatment success for two minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence in women. These procedures are called mid-urethral slings. The secondary aims of the trial are to compare other outcomes for the two surgical procedures, including quality of life, sexual function, satisfaction with treatment outcomes, complications, and the need for other treatments(s) after surgery. Follow-up will be a minimum of two years.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Urinary Incontinence	Procedure: retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT) Procedure: transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc)	Phase 4


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: None (Open Label) Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	TOMUS-Trial Of Mid-Urethral Slings

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Primary Outcome Measures:

Objective Treatment Success at 12 Months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Objective treatment success: negative stress test, negative pad test, and no retreatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) including behavioral, pharmacologic or surgical procedures

A provocative stress test standardized to volume and position is performed for direct observation of urine leakage. Observed urine loss from the urethra coincidental with the Valsalva maneuver or cough is a positive test; a negative test indicates no urine loss. Pad testing quantifies the amount of urine involuntarily lost and is used to reflect everyday incontinence; it is negative if loss is <15g/24 hrs.
Subjective Treatment Success at 12 Months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Absence of self-reported symptoms of stress-type urinary incontinence, as assessed with the use of the Medical, Epidemiological and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA) questionnaire (responded never to all 9 MESA questions), no leakage recorded in a 3-day voiding diary and no retreatment for stress incontinence including behavioral, pharmacologic or surgical treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Patient Satisfaction at 12 Months [ Time Frame: Follow-Up ]
Patient satisfaction was assessed at the 12 month visit with the questions, "how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the result of bladder surgery related to urine leakage?" Possible responses were completely satisfied, mostly satisfied, neutral, mostly dissatisfied, and completely dissatisfied. Completely and mostly satisfied were reported as "satisfied" and neutral, most dissatisfied and completely dissatisfied as "not satisfied".
Change in Quality of Life From Baseline to 12 Months [ Time Frame: Baseline - 12 months ]
Scores on the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire range from 0 to 400 with higher scores indicating greater impact. The scores are changes from baseline to the 12 month visit (baseline - 12 months).
Bother as Measured by the Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI) at 12 Months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI) scores range from 0 to 300 with higher scores indicating greater distress. Scores are changes from baseline to the 12 month visit (baseline - 12 months)


Enrollment:	597
Study Start Date:	April 2006
Study Completion Date:	June 2013
Primary Completion Date:	June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: 1 retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT) The specific TVT used was the Tension-free Vaginal Tape (Gynecare)	Procedure: retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT) This trial is a comparison of two types of mid-urethral slings. The retropubic mid-urethral mesh sling is used for treatment of stress incontinence; this procedure was less invasive than the fascial sling procedures that were reference standards at the start of the study. Specifically, a synthetic tape is passed transvaginally at the midurethral level through the retropubic space.
Active Comparator: 2 transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc) Two transobturator slings were used: the Tension-free Vaginal Tape Obturator (Gynecare), which is placed starting inside the vagina and coming out through the obturator foramen ("in-to-out") or the Monarc (American Medical System), which is placed starting in the groin area, passing through the obturator foramen, and then into the vagina ("out-to-in").	Procedure: transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc) This trial is a comparison of two types of mid-urethral slings. The transobturator mid-urethral sling is used for treatment of stress incontinence; this procedure was developed to minimize the potential for bladder and bowel injuries associated with the retropubic sling, since the sling is passed through the obturator canal, avoiding the pelvic organs in the retropubic space.

Arms

Assigned Interventions

Active Comparator: 1

retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT) The specific TVT used was the Tension-free Vaginal Tape (Gynecare)

Procedure: retropubic mid-urethral sling (TVT)

This trial is a comparison of two types of mid-urethral slings. The retropubic mid-urethral mesh sling is used for treatment of stress incontinence; this procedure was less invasive than the fascial sling procedures that were reference standards at the start of the study. Specifically, a synthetic tape is passed transvaginally at the midurethral level through the retropubic space.

Active Comparator: 2

transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc) Two transobturator slings were used: the Tension-free Vaginal Tape Obturator (Gynecare), which is placed starting inside the vagina and coming out through the obturator foramen ("in-to-out") or the Monarc (American Medical System), which is placed starting in the groin area, passing through the obturator foramen, and then into the vagina ("out-to-in").

Procedure: transobturator mid-urethral sling (TVT-O and the Monarc)

This trial is a comparison of two types of mid-urethral slings. The transobturator mid-urethral sling is used for treatment of stress incontinence; this procedure was developed to minimize the potential for bladder and bowel injuries associated with the retropubic sling, since the sling is passed through the obturator canal, avoiding the pelvic organs in the retropubic space.

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:	21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Female
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) as evidenced by all of the following:
Self-reported stress-type urinary incontinence symptoms, of duration ≥ 3 months
Medical, Epidemiological and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA) stress symptom score (percent of total possible stress score) greater than MESA urge symptom score (percent of total possible urge score)
Observation of leakage by provocative stress test at a bladder volume ≤ 300ml
Bladder capacity ≥ 200ml by stress test
Post-void residual (PVR) ≤ 100cc with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) Stage I or lower. If POP is Stage II-IV, PVR >100cc but ≤ 500cc is allowed
Eligible for both retropubic and transobturator procedures
No medical contraindications, e.g., current urinary tract infection (UTI), history of pelvic irradiation, history of lower urinary tract cancer
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I, II, or III
No current intermittent catheterization
Available for 24-months of follow-up and able to complete study assessments, per clinician judgment
Signed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

Age <21 years
Non-ambulatory (ambulatory with assistive devices does not exclude the patient)
Pregnancy by self-report or positive pregnancy test, or self-reported intention to ever become pregnant
Current chemotherapy or current or history of pelvic radiation therapy
Systemic disease known to affect bladder function (i.e., Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, spinal cord injury or trauma)
Urethral diverticulum, current or previous (i.e. repaired)
Prior augmentation cystoplasty or artificial sphincter
Implanted nerve stimulators for urinary symptoms
History of synthetic sling for stress urinary incontinence
<12 months post-partum
Laparoscopic or open pelvic surgery <3 months*
Current evaluation or treatment for chronic pelvic pain (painful bladder syndrome)
Participation in another treatment intervention trial that might influence the results of this trial
Need for concomitant surgery requiring an abdominal incision, use of graft material in the anterior compartment, or any use of synthetic graft material
Enrollment in other urinary incontinence trials including SISTEr/E-SISTEr or BE-DRI/E-BE-DRI

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00325039

Locations


United States, Alabama
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
United States, California
University of California
San Diego, California, United States, 92103
Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, California, United States, 92110
United States, Illinois
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
United States, Maryland
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
United States, Michigan
Oakwood Hospital/Cancer Center
Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48123
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48123
United States, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
United States, Texas
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229-3900
United States, Utah
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132

Sponsors and Collaborators

New England Research Institutes

Investigators


Study Chair:	Ann Gormley, M.D.	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

More Information

Additional Information:

Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network Public Website This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network (UITN). The Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings (TOMUS): Design and Methodology. J Appl Res. 2008;8(1). pii: AlboVol8No1.

Brubaker L, Rickey L, Xu Y, Markland A, Lemack G, Ghetti C, Kahn MA, Nagaraju P, Norton P, Chang TD, Stoddard A; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Symptoms of combined prolapse and urinary incontinence in large surgical cohorts. Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb;115(2 Pt 1):310-6. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181cb86b2.

Nager CW, Kraus SR, Kenton K, Sirls L, Chai TC, Wai C, Sutkin G, Leng W, Litman H, Huang L, Tennstedt S, Richter HE; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Urodynamics, the supine empty bladder stress test, and incontinence severity. Neurourol Urodyn. 2010 Sep;29(7):1306-11. doi: 10.1002/nau.20836.

Richter HE, Albo ME, Zyczynski HM, Kenton K, Norton PA, Sirls LT, Kraus SR, Chai TC, Lemack GE, Dandreo KJ, Varner RE, Menefee S, Ghetti C, Brubaker L, Nygaard I, Khandwala S, Rozanski TA, Johnson H, Schaffer J, Stoddard AM, Holley RL, Nager CW, Moalli P, Mueller E, Arisco AM, Corton M, Tennstedt S, Chang TD, Gormley EA, Litman HJ; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Retropubic versus transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinence. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 3;362(22):2066-76. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0912658. Epub 2010 May 17.

Richter HE, Kenton K, Huang L, Nygaard I, Kraus S, Whitcomb E, Chai TC, Lemack G, Sirls L, Dandreo KJ, Stoddard A. The impact of obesity on urinary incontinence symptoms, severity, urodynamic characteristics and quality of life. J Urol. 2010 Feb;183(2):622-8. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.09.083. Epub 2009 Dec 16.

Sirls LT, Tennstedt S, Albo M, Chai T, Kenton K, Huang L, Stoddard AM, Arisco A, Gormley EA. Factors associated with quality of life in women undergoing surgery for stress urinary incontinence. J Urol. 2010 Dec;184(6):2411-5. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.019. Epub 2010 Oct 16.

Chai TC, Huang L, Kenton K, Richter HE, Baker J, Kraus S, Litman H; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network (UITN). Association of baseline urodynamic measures of urethral function with clinical, demographic, and other urodynamic variables in women prior to undergoing midurethral sling surgery. Neurourol Urodyn. 2012 Apr;31(4):496-501. doi: 10.1002/nau.21198. Epub 2012 Feb 29.

Nygaard I, Brubaker L, Chai TC, Markland AD, Menefee SA, Sirls L, Sutkin G, Zimmern P, Arisco A, Huang L, Tennstedt S, Stoddard A. Risk factors for urinary tract infection following incontinence surgery. Int Urogynecol J. 2011 Oct;22(10):1255-65. doi: 10.1007/s00192-011-1429-9. Epub 2011 May 11.

Richter HE, Litman HJ, Lukacz ES, Sirls LT, Rickey L, Norton P, Lemack GE, Kraus S, Moalli P, Fitzgerald MP, Dandreo KJ, Huang L, Kusek JW; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Demographic and clinical predictors of treatment failure one year after midurethral sling surgery. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;117(4):913-21. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31820f3892.

Chai TC, Kenton K, Xu Y, Sirls L, Zyczynski H, Wilson TS, Rahn DD, Whitcomb EL, Hsu Y, Gormley EA. Effects of concomitant surgeries during midurethral slings (MUS) on postoperative complications, voiding dysfunction, continence outcomes, and urodynamic variables. Urology. 2012 Jun;79(6):1256-61. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.02.048. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

Brubaker L, Norton PA, Albo ME, Chai TC, Dandreo KJ, Lloyd KL, Lowder JL, Sirls LT, Lemack GE, Arisco AM, Xu Y, Kusek JW; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Adverse events over two years after retropubic or transobturator midurethral sling surgery: findings from the Trial of Midurethral Slings (TOMUS) study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Nov;205(5):498.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.011. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Nager CW, Sirls L, Litman HJ, Richter H, Nygaard I, Chai T, Kraus S, Zyczynski H, Kenton K, Huang L, Kusek J, Lemack G; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Baseline urodynamic predictors of treatment failure 1 year after mid urethral sling surgery. J Urol. 2011 Aug;186(2):597-603. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.105. Epub 2011 Jun 16.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Brubaker L, Litman HJ, Kim HY, Zimmern P, Dyer K, Kusek JW, Richter HE, Stoddard A; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Missing data frequency and correlates in two randomized surgical trials for urinary incontinence in women. Int Urogynecol J. 2015 Aug;26(8):1155-9. doi: 10.1007/s00192-015-2661-5. Epub 2015 Mar 24.

Wai CY, Curto TM, Zyczynski HM, Stoddard AM, Burgio KL, Brubaker L, Rickey LM, Menefee SA; Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Patient satisfaction after midurethral sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 May;121(5):1009-16. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828ca49e.


Responsible Party:	New England Research Institutes
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00325039 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	DK58229
First Submitted:	May 10, 2006
First Posted:	May 11, 2006
Results First Submitted:	March 26, 2012
Results First Posted:	September 27, 2012
Last Update Posted:	January 14, 2014
Last Verified:	December 2013

Keywords provided by New England Research Institutes:


Urinary Incontinence, Stress Surgery

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Urinary Incontinence Enuresis Urination Disorders Urologic Diseases Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms	Urological Manifestations Signs and Symptoms Behavioral Symptoms Elimination Disorders Mental Disorders

TOMUS-Trial Of Mid-Urethral Slings (TOMUS)