Effects of Kieser Resistance Training Plus Kieser Pelvic Floor Training vs. Kieser Resistance Training Plus Traditional Pelvic Floor Exercise on Urinary Incontinence in Prostate Cancer Patients After Radical Prostatectomy

NCT ID: NCT06206993

Last Updated: 2024-05-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 99 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-04-01

Brief Summary

Surgical removal of the prostate (radical prostatectomy) is the most common therapy in prostate cancer patients. However, urinary incontinence often occurs as a side effect. Although this can recede after a few weeks or months, 12 months after prostatectomy 17 - 34 % of the patients are still incontinent. An effective measure to reduce incontinence is pelvic floor muscle or sphincter training. Various methods exist for this, from pelvic floor gymnastics to training with biofeedback devices and electrical stimulation methods.

Kieser Training, a Germany-wide provider of health-oriented resistance training, has a training device for pelvic floor muscle training. It is a biofeedback device that can be used in public training rooms and does not have to be inserted or glued intimately as with comparable methods. The standardized training program and concept, which allows non-invasive training in public space, has not been evaluated yet.

The aim of the RECON study is to investigate whether Kieser resistance training with integrated Kieser pelvic floor muscle training is as effective as (non-inferior to) Kieser resistance training plus conventional pelvic floor muscle exercise to reduce urinary incontinence in prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy. The primary endpoint is the proportion of patients with urinary incontinence at the end of a 12-week training phase (using the 24h pad test). The secondary endpoints are changes in urinary leakage, other incontinence symptoms, incontinence-related quality of life, body composition and changes in strength and overall quality of life.

The design is a two-arm randomized controlled trial with 180 prostate cancer patients. After the initial examination patients will be randomized to one of two groups. Patients in both groups will train for about 60 minutes twice a week for twelve weeks and additionally perform daily tension exercises at home. Patients in group A will perform the resistance training unit with the pelvic floor biofeedback device A5 from the Kieser Training AG and patients of group B will perform the resistance training unit without the pelvic floor biofeedback device A5 and undergo conventional pelvic floor muscle training with a physiotherapist once a week before the resistance training unit starts.

The Recon study will be conducted at the Kieser Training Studio in Offenbach, as a cooperation project of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital and the Kieser Training AG with the Kieser Training franchisee (studio owner) as PhD student at the NCT. The Kieser Training AG is not a sponsor and the study is neither financed nor sponsored.

Conditions

Prostate Cancer; Prostate Ectomy; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Incontinence, Urinary

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Resistance training on the Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

Participants will receive a supervised full body resistance exercise program with 10-12 machines twice weekly.

The resistance training for the experimental group includes an intervention program on the Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer. The training is a predetermined program of the Kieser Training AG. A standardized instruction protocol and custom settings of the seat minimize training or measurement variations. The exercise on the Kieser A5 pelvic floor muscle trainer is standardized and will take 120 s in total which is based on current training theories.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Resistance training including the Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In the RECON Study participants of both arms will receive machine-based resistance training. Experimental group will additionally train with Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer.

Resistance training without pelvic floor biofeedback Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

Participants will receive a supervised full body resistance exercise program with 10-12 machines twice weekly.

Participants in the active comparator group perform the resistance training unit without the pelvic floor biofeedback device A5 and undergo conventional pelvic floor muscle training with a physiotherapist once a week before the resistance training unit starts. Participants are individually informed about the anatomy and function of the pelvic floor muscles and how to correctly contract them. The methodical structure for the movement therapy after prostatectomy suggests that the participants first lay down, then go in the seat, then above the all fours position stand in the upright position tt be treated. Each exercise lasts 3 to 5 min and the session lasts around 20 - 30 min.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Resistance training without pelvic floor biofeedback Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In the RECON Study participants of both arms will receive machine-based resistance training. Active Comparator trains without the pelvic floor biofeedback device A5 and undergo conventional pelvic floor muscle training with a physiotherapist once a week before the resistance training unit starts.

Interventions

Resistance training including the Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

In the RECON Study participants of both arms will receive machine-based resistance training. Experimental group will additionally train with Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Resistance training without pelvic floor biofeedback Kieser A5 pelvic floor trainer

In the RECON Study participants of both arms will receive machine-based resistance training. Active Comparator trains without the pelvic floor biofeedback device A5 and undergo conventional pelvic floor muscle training with a physiotherapist once a week before the resistance training unit starts.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Prostate cancer
• Radical prostatectomy (inclusion up to three days after discharge from hospital)
• Willingness to train at the exercise facility for 12 weeks, twice per week and to take part in the scheduled testing
• Sufficient German language skills
• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Unstable bone metastases or severe cardiac, neurologic, pulmonary or orthopedic diseases which are contraindications to resistance training
• Severe hemorrhoids, anal fissure, or fistulae which are contraindications to pelvic floor muscle training
• Radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP) due to potential pain when using the A5 machine
• Neurological or muscular diseases ruling out successful pelvic floor muscle training
• Pre-surgical incontinence
• Neobladder
• Pacemaker.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Kieser Training Offenbach / Marko Babovic

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Kieser Training AG Zürich / Dr. David Aguayo

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University Hospital Heidelberg

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Joachim Wiskemann

Prof. Dr. Joachim Wiskemann

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Kieser Training Offenbach

Offenbach, Hesse, Germany

Countries

Germany

Other Identifiers

S-458/2019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id