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NCT Number: NCT04829357

Post Market Clinical Follow-up Study on TVT ABBREVO® Continence System

The objective of this single arm, post market, clinical study is to evaluate the performance of Gynecare TVT ABBREVO® Continence System in women undergoing Mid-urethral sling surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI).

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Subjects who satisfy all of the following criteria will be considered eligible for enrollment in this study:

  • Stress urinary incontinence symptoms
  • Diagnostic evaluation, a positive cough stress rest, to confirm diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence.
  • Female subjects ≥ 21 years of age requiring treatment of SUI
  • Desired surgical correction of stress urinary incontinence using synthetic sub-urethral vaginal slings
  • Planned surgery for primary stress incontinence without concomitant prolapse surgery
  • Patient able and willing to participate in follow-up
  • Subject or authorized representative has signed the approved informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Subjects meeting any of the following criteria will be considered not eligible for enrollment in this study:

  • Physical or psychological condition which would impair study participation or are unwilling or unable to participate in all required study visits and are unable to complete the questionnaires
  • Any pre-operative or intra-operative findings identified by the surgeon that may preclude the use of study product
  • History of previous synthetic, biologic or fascial sub-urethral sling
  • Pregnancy or plans for future pregnancy
  • History of bleeding diathesis or current anti-coagulation therapy which cannot be suspended peri-operatively according to site's standard practice.
  • Current genitourinary fistula or urethral diverticulum
  • Reversible cause of incontinence (i.e. drug effect)
  • Contraindication to surgery

Treatment and study plan

Intervention

Device

There is no intervention, beyond necessary clinical care, in this study. The surgical procedures being performed within the study are identical to the surgical procedures the subjects would receive as part of SOC.

Primary outcomes

  1. Cough Stress Test (CST) Assessment Change

    Time frame: Post-surgery through study completion, approximately 5-10 yrs

    Objective cure of Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) (treatment success) approximately 5-10 years after surgery, defined as a negative CST

Secondary outcomes

  1. Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I)

    Time frame: Post-surgery through study completion, approximately 10 yrs

  2. International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire- Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF)

    Time frame: Baseline and post-surgery through study completion, approximately 10 yrs

  3. Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12)

    Time frame: Baseline and post-surgery through study completion, approximately 10 yrs

  4. Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale

    Time frame: Post-surgery through study completion, approximately 10 yrs

    To assess pain on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain) related to study device or procedure.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Christine Romanowski

CONTACT

[email protected]

908-808-6219

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ethicon, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Long Term Prospective Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) of the GYNECARE TVT ABBREVO® Continence System for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2033
Study completion
2038
First posted
Apr 2, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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