Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Correlation Between Urinary Symptoms and Interstitial Cystitis (IC)-Like Findings on Cystoscopy With Hydrodistension
Brief Summary:
Patients who are already scheduled to have a gynecologic, urologic or uro-gynecologic procedure involving cystoscopy (a lighted scope is used to look inside the bladder) under anesthesia will be approached to participate in the study. Once prospective study subjects are consented, they will be requested to complete the study questionnaires.
At the time of the procedure, during the cystoscopy, patients will undergo hydrodistension (stretching the bladder with fluid). Photographic images of the bladder will be collected, to be later analyzed by examiners. Patients who have positive findings for interstitial cystitis during cystoscopy with hydrodistension, will be notified of the findings after the procedure.
They will be asked to fill out an additional, previously completed questionnaire at the time of a follow-up visit, during a phone interview or responding to the questionnaire via a secure web site. These patients will be treated for interstitial cystitis by their primary providers as clinically indicated.