Overview
A post-market study to compare the safety and effectiveness of the Desara® One Single Incision Sling (SIS), when compared to that of an FDA cleared transobturator sling over a period of 36 months.
Description
This study is a prospective, non-randomized, parallel cohort, multi-center study of Desara® One single incision sling (SIS) compared to Desara® Blue sling systems implanted via the transobturator-route (TOR) for the treatment of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The study will compare results from SIS patients (N=150) and TOR patients (N=150) at up to 40 sites for a total period of 36 months, with follow-up visits at 2 and 6 weeks, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months. This study will enroll adult females who are clinically indicated for a mid-urethral implant for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) resulting from urethral hypermobility and/or intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female ≥ 18 of age.
- Subject agrees that she is willing and able to return for all study related procedures and evaluations.
- Subject has provided signed informed consent.
- Subject has stress urinary incontinence (SUI) confirmed by either supine or standing cough stress test (CST) with bladder pre-fill to subjective fullness with 200-300 mL, or with bladder fullness confirmed via ultrasound.
- Subject has confirmed stress incontinence greater than urge incontinence per MESA questionnaire.
- Subject no longer has childbearing capacity or has a negative pregnancy test and has
decided to cease childbearing. Childbearing capacity to be confirmed by documented
history of:
- A hysterectomy or
- Tubal ligation or
- Is otherwise incapable of pregnancy or has
- Negative pregnancy test prior to study entry and has decided to cease childbearing
- Subject has been offered and either failed or refused alternative non-invasive SUI
treatment options and has elected to proceed with a surgical intervention.
- Subject is eligible to undergo laparoscopic/robotic (with or without mesh) or vaginal (with or without mesh) apical, anterior or posterior prolapse concomitant surgical repair procedures (non-mesh).
Exclusion criteria:
- Subject reports baseline pelvic pain ≥ 2 on 10 point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).
- Subject has a known neurological disease (with or without signs/symptoms of neurogenic bladder).
- Subject has known pre-existing pain syndrome and/or has been evaluated by an interventional pain management physician.
- Subject has a history of chronic opioid, or narcotic use for:
- pain or
- any other specified reason
- Subject is on anti-coagulation therapy that cannot be suspended or adjusted for a
minimum of 24-48 hours prior to planned sling implantation surgery.
- Subject is on chronic (> 3 months) systemic steroid treatment (except for inhalational use as indicated for pulmonary conditions).
- Subject has uncontrolled diabetes defined as A1c ≥ 7% or fasting serum glucose > 130mg/dl at screening/baseline.
- Subject has an active lesion or skin infection of the perineum, urethra, or vagina as noted per visual pelvic exam.
- Subject has active UTI which requires treatment, as determined by the Investigator.
- Subject has pattern of recurrent UTIs, defined as ≥ 3 culture-proven UTIs during the 6-month period prior to surgery.
- Subject has a urethral obstruction or other anatomic defects of the urethra (inclusive of urethral diverticulum or stricture or bladder neck contracture).
- The subject has had:
- any prior surgical stress urinary incontinence treatment or
- any prior surgery on their urethra or
- any prior surgery to distal anterior vaginal wall, including fistula repair or prior cystocele repair
- any previous pelvic floor mesh use or complication
- Subject has any of the following confounding conditions:
- bladder stones or tumors
- pathology that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise implant placement
- pathology that would limit pelvic blood supply
- pathology that would require chemotherapy and systemic use of immunosuppressants
- Subject has abnormal bladder capacity <300 mL.
- Subject has a post void residual volume ≥ 150 mL on two different measurements. (Prolapse reduction during PVR measurement is only allowed if a prolapse repair will be performed concomitantly with the sling implantation)
- Subject has had previous radiation therapy or brachytherapy to the pelvis.
- Subject is enrolled in a concurrent clinical trial of any treatment (drug or device) that could affect continence function, interfere with clinical outcomes, or impact analysis of this device.
- Subject has known reaction, sensitivity or allergy to polypropylene.