Clinical trial NCT03061084: Prospective Cohort of Transitional Urology Patients
Official title: Long Term Assessment and Outcome of Adult Patients With Congenital Genitourinary Abnormalities.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Spina Bifida
Myelomeningocele
Meningocele
Bladder Exstrophy
Genitourinary Congenital Anomalies
Cloacal Exstrophy
Keywords: Spina Bifida, Neurogenic bladder, Myelomeningocele
Lead sponsor: The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-02-23
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients seen in Houston Methodist transitional urology clinic with congenital genitourinary abnormalities.

Brief summary: A transitional Urology database was created in parallel with National Spina Bifida registry to follow patients with complex congenital urogenital anomalies and be able to prospectively evaluate them. The investigators obtained the standardized questionnaires to collect long-term data regarding patients' genitourinary status including urine and fecal continence, sexuality, fertility, and pelvic health.

Detailed description: The care and management of pediatric patients with congenital genitourinary anomalies transitioning to adolescents and later adults is undergoing a period of profound transformation. Due to improvements in surgical and nonsurgical interventions, children with diverse congenital disease affecting the genitourinary tract are surviving into adulthood at far higher rates than in the past. As an example, up to 70-75% of children born with a myelomeningocele and consequent neurogenic bladder are living past the age of twenty. These new expectations, especially in the areas of sexual function, fertility and reproductive health, are creating previously unseen challenges for health care providers attempting to transition adolescents from pediatric to adult care. As this patient population continues to grow, the transitional process for urological care of congenital anomalies is progressively becoming a topic of vital importance.

We plan to advance adolescence clinical and research care and pioneering a unique and novel opportunity in transitional care.

This database will help us: 1. To develop and revise (as necessary) standards of care and treatment best practices for patients transitioning to adolescents with congenital genitourinary malformation. 2. To share evidence-based information between physicians across the country, advancing best practices for the secondary conditions of spina bifida, exstrophy, neurogenic bladder and bowel, and hydrocephalus. 3. To implement benchmarks to improve care in transitional urology clinics. 4. Evaluate the clinical cost-effectiveness of care offered.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Primary diagnosis of congenital genitourinary abnormality leading to neurogenic bladder such as myelomeningocele, exstrophy, cerebral palsy, posterior urethral valve, congenital cardiac anomalies, chromosomal abnormalities, etc.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non congenital neurogenic bladder

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life changes
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Houston Methodist Hospital
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
name: Rose Khavari, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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