ICN Clinical Trial Center

2024 Featured Clinical Trials

After a long hiatus due to COVID, IC research efforts are now ramping back up. In 2023, we will be announcing several new studies.  These studies have worked with or are currently working with the ICN to share their information with patients through advertising. Click here if you have a clinical trial that you would like to promote! 

Living with Bladder Pain & Discomfort? Learn about the OAG 1050 Study. 
Study Centers Available Throughout The USA

IC/BPS Clinical Study: Now enrolling patients with bladder pain associated with IC/BPS
Study Centers Available Throughout The USA

 

Should You Participate in a Clinical Trial?

Participating in a clinical trial is a fabulous and selfless gift to the IC movement. With your participation, studies help us to identify and test the safety of new, promising treatments. There are four types of drug studies:

Phase 1 studies test a potential new drug with a small number of volunteers for best dosage and potential side effects.

Phase 2 studies test a drug with known dose and side effects with a larger number of volunteers to learn more about side effects, how the body uses the drug, and how the drug helps the condition.

Phase 3 and 4 studies compare the new drug with a commonly used drug.

Clinical trials allow patients to receive treatment from some of the best IC researchers in the world. Your treatment and care is free, though may require some travel and/or overnight stays in a research center. New treatments can also come with the risk of adverse events. In Phase 1 studies, for example, researchers are trying to identify the correct dosage levels and often perform blood testing to monitor drug levels in the blood stream. Some studies are also compensated. Here are some articles worth reading that will help you understand what they involve and what you should know.

Clinical Trial Registries

1. ClinicalTrials.Gov

Clinicaltrials.govClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world. It is searchable by nation, topic and researcher. We use this free service regularly! Find it at: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov

2. MAPP Research Network

To help better understand the underlying causes of the two most prominent chronic urological pain syndromes—interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS)—the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has launched the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network, embracing a systemic—or whole-body—approach in the study of IC/PBS and CP/CPPS. MAPP Network scientists are conducting a wide range of studies that patients can participate in.

Updated: November 9, 2023 – jho