Abstract
Purpose
Intradetrusor onabotulinum toxin A (BTXA) and sacral neuromodulation (SNM) are effective third-line therapies for overactive bladder (OAB). We aimed to measure the outcomes of BTXA for treatment of OAB refractory to initial SNM and identify patient characteristics associated with these outcomes.
Methods
This retrospective cohort study included patients who failed to respond to initial SNM treatment for OAB and subsequently received BTXA at a single provider’s clinic between January 2013 and December 2016. Treatment successes were defined as patients willing to continue BTXA or who found symptom relief whereas treatment failures discontinued BTXA due to adverse effects or lack of symptom relief. Symptoms and patient-reported outcomes on validated questionnaires were compared before the initial BTXA trial to 2 months after the last BTXA treatment. The SNM failure BTXA groups were also compared to BTXA SNM naïve groups.
Results
Of 18 patients who received BTXA after failed SNM treatment, 7 (39%) achieved treatment success. Successfully treated patients demonstrated decreased urinary frequency from a median 11 voids/day pre-BTXA to 8 voids/day with BTXA (P=0.042). Patients whose treatment failed reported increased complaints of a weak urinary stream (P=0.03) and higher frequency of straining to urinate (P=0.016) than the successful treatment group pre-BTXA. Compared to BTXA patients without prior SNM, the odds of failing BTXA after initial SNM were 3.6 times higher (P=0.016).
Conclusions
BTXA appears effective for OAB refractory to SNM, although the success rate is lower compared to BTXA patients without SNM exposure.
Keywords: Urinary bladder, overactive; Onabotulinum toxin A; Sacral neuromodulation
INTRODUCTION
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a condition of urinary urgency and frequency with or without incontinence and often nocturia [1]. It affects 30% of women and 16% of men in the United States and has a significant impact on patient quality of life as well as health care resources [2-6]. First-line therapy for OAB includes behavioral modifications such as fluid restriction, dietary management, and timed voiding [7]. If behavioral modifications fail to control symptoms, second-line measures include pelvic floor physical therapy and oral anticholinergics and beta-3 agonists [7,8]. These therapies may fail due to poor compliance with pelvic floor physical therapy or side effects associated with medical therapy [9]. Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) with Interstim (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) and intradetrusor onabotulinum toxin A (BTXA) injections are well established third-line therapies in the OAB treatment pathway [7]. BTXA has a success rate of 70%–80% after the initial trial, and SNM has a success rate of 60%–70% over a mean of 53 months [10,11]. It is common practice to offer OAB patients the choice of either SNM or BTXA when considering third-line therapy. While selection of an initial third-line treatment is an individualized process based on patient preferences and comorbidities, patients who fail an initial third-line therapy may be offered a subsequent third-line therapy. Studies have reported a 70% success rate of SNM in OAB patients who failed initial BTXA trials, similar to the effectiveness of BTXA naïve SNM patients [12,13]. While BTXA has been well characterized as an initial third-line treatment, there is a lack of data on the outcomes of BTXA in OAB patients who failed SNM and on predictors associated with its outcome.
This study aimed to measure the outcomes of BTXA for the treatment of OAB refractory to initial SNM through clinical urinary symptoms, patient-reported outcomes on validated questionnaires, and BTXA continuation rates. We hypothesized that the continuation rate of BTXA as a third-line therapy would be similar to that of BTXA patients with no prior SNM exposure, and that BTXA after failed response to SNM for OAB would produce significant improvement as noted by patient-reported urinary symptoms, incontinence severity, and quality of life using validated questionnaires. We also sought to identify characteristics prior to BTXA rescue therapy associated with these outcomes.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This retrospective cohort study identified all patients treated with BTXA and those treated with SNM from January 2013 to December 2016 in a single urologist’s clinic. Only patients with a clinical diagnosis of refractory OAB with urodynamic detrusor overactivity were eligible for inclusion. The study was approved by the hospital’s Institutional Review Board.
Of the SNM group, each patient’s OAB symptoms were treated initially with either stage I or stage II SNM. Patients who failed SNM were then given an option of BTXA for their symptoms. Failure of SNM therapy was defined as ineffective symptom control with less than 50% symptom improvement during stage I and after stage II, inability to maintain greater than 50% improvement in baseline symptoms, or for patients with urinary frequency, more than 8 voids per day, adverse effects such as pain, or patient dissatisfaction within stage 1 or 2 [1,14]. All SNM failure patients underwent urodynamic evaluation prior to subsequent BTXA treatment. Urodynamic bladder capacity and average volume at the time of uninhibited detrusor contractions were recorded.
Of the BTXA group, patients included those exposed and not exposed to SNM before BTXA treatment. BTXA patients who had prior SNM exposure were divided into BTXA treatment success and treatment failure for comparison. We defined treatment success as patient willingness to continue BTXA within the 4-year study period or who found subjective symptom relief with BTXA. We defined treatment failure as patient discontinuation of BTXA within the study period due to subjective lack of relief from symptoms, lack of follow-up, or adverse side effects such as urinary retention. Patients in the BTXA treatment success and failure groups were also compared to refractory OAB patients who had not been exposed to SNM prior to BTXA treatment.
All patients had been asked to complete the previously validated American Urological Association Symptom Score (AUASS) questionnaire and Michigan Incontinence Symptom Index (M-ISI) across the study period. Daily pad usage, daytime voiding frequency, AUASS scores (symptoms and quality of life) and individual question scores, and M-ISI severity and bother scores were compared before BTXA and 2 months after the latest BTXA treatment to assess voiding patterns and outcomes for treatment success and failure groups [15,16]. These outcomes served to define BTXA efficacy in OAB patients who failed initial SNM and to determine factors that might be associated with therapy outcomes.
Descriptive statistics were utilized to determine BTXA continuation rates in patients with prior SNM treatment. The chi-square test with significance set at P<0.05 was used to compare treatment successes and failures in the BTXA group who had prior SNM exposure and the BTXA group without SNM exposure. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare voiding patterns and patient-reported responses to questionnaires prior to and 2 months after BTXA. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare age, voiding patterns, and questionnaire response between the treatment success and failure groups prior to the initial BTXA treatment. All statistical analyses were carried out with IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 24.0 (IBM Co., Armonk, NY, USA).
RESULTS
Of all refractory OAB patients identified, 78 patients had SNM and 90 patients received BTXA (Fig. 1). Of the 78 SNM patients, 56 (71.8%) met criteria for successful SNM treatment. Of the 90 BTXA patients, 72 patients had no prior SNM exposure with 50 (69.4%) meeting criteria for successful BTXA treatment (Fig. 1). Of note, 3 of the 72 had prior posterior tibial nerve stimulation therapy, with 2 successfully treated with subsequent BTXA.
Fig. 1.
Derivation of study cohort. BTXA, intradetrusor onabotulinum toxin A; SNM, sacral neuromodulation.
Of the 18 patients in the BTXA treatment group with prior failed SNM, 7 (38.9%) met criteria for successful BTXA treatment. Nine of the 18 patients had received their SNM trial from an outside institution. On the AUASS questionnaire pre-BTXA, the treatment failure group had statistically significant increased frequency of weak urine streams (AUASS question 5; P=0.03, Mann-Whitney U-test) and increased frequency of straining to void (AUASS question 6; P=0.016, Mann-Whitney U-test) compared to the treatment success group (Table 1). No statistically significant differences were noted between the BTXA treatment success and failure groups in baseline characteristics of age, bladder capacity, mean uninhibited detrusor contraction volume, daytime voiding frequency, nocturia, daily pad usage, AUASS symptoms and quality of life scores, M-ISI severity and bother scores, and AUASS questions 1–4 and 7 (Table 1).
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with overactive bladder refractory to SNM
| Characteristica) | Treatment success | Treatment failure | 2-tailed P-valueb) |
|---|---|---|---|
| No prior SNM | 50 | 22 | |
| Male | 7 | 4 | |
| Female | 43 | 18 | |
| Prior SNM | 7 | 11 | |
| Male | 4 | 4 | |
| Female | 3 | 7 | |
| Age (yr) | 74 (50–80) | 77 (62–80) | 0.436 |
| Bladder capacity (mL) | 322 (97–546) | 210 (144–339) | 0.618 |
| Mean UDC volume (mL) | 266 (97–321) | 178 (131–364) | 0.874 |
| Daytime voiding frequency | 11 (6–15) | 8 (4–17) | 0.056 |
| Nocturia | 2 (0–5) | 3 (0–7) | 0.804 |
| Daily pad usage | 2 (0–10) | 2 (0–20) | 0.854 |
| AUASS | 15 (0–24) | 24 (8–32) | 0.130 |
| Quality of life | 5 (2–6) | 4 (1–6) | 0.543 |
| M-ISI severity | 21 (0–30) | 21 (3–32) | 0.685 |
| M-ISI bother | 6 (0–8) | 5 (0–8) | 0.441 |
| AUAQ1 | 1 (0–5) | 4 (1–5) | 0.059 |
| AUAQ2 | 5 (0–5) | 5 (2–5) | 0.896 |
| AUAQ3 | 3 (0–4) | 3 (1–5) | 0.375 |
| AUAQ4 | 5 (0–5) | 4 (0–5) | 0.541 |
| AUAQ5 | 0 (0–5) | 4 (0–5) | 0.030 |
| AUAQ6 | 0 (0–1) | 2 (0–5) | 0.016 |
| AUAQ7 | 2 (0–5) | 3 (1–5) | 0.437 |
Values are presented as number or median (range).
SNM, sacral neuromodulation; UDC, uninhibited detrusor contractions; AUASS, American Urological Association Symptom Score; M-ISI, Michigan Incontinence Severity Index; AUAQ1-7, American Urological Association Symptom Score questions.
Sex, age, bladder capacity, mean UDC volume, daytime voiding frequency, nocturia, pad usage, and questionnaire scores listed are for the 18 patients with prior SNM exposure.
Mann-Whitney U-test.
Daytime voiding frequency for the BTXA treatment success group had a statistically significant decrease from a median 11 voids/day before initial BTXA treatment to 8 voids/day after BTXA (P=0.042, Wilcoxon signed-rank test) (Table 2). The treatment failure group showed no significant change in daytime voiding frequency. Daily pad usage, AUASS symptom and quality of life and individual question scores, and M-ISI severity and bother scores showed no significant changes in the treatment success group before versus after BTXA (Table 2). Similarly, the baseline parameters for the treatment failure group had no significant changes before versus after BTXA (Table 2).
Table 2.
Efficacy and quality of life after treatment with BTXA in patients with overactive bladder refractory to SNM
| Characteristic | Treatment success |
Treatment failure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (range) | 2-tailed paired P-valuea) | Median (range) | 2-tailed paired P-valuea) | |
| Daytime voiding frequency | 8 (5–11) | 0.042 | 6 (0–20) | 0.916 |
| Daily pad usage | 1 (0–4) | 0.059 | 1 (0–8) | 0.102 |
| AUASS | 11 (1–20) | 0.343 | 22 (6–35) | 0.767 |
| Quality of life | 2 (1–6) | 0.063 | 5 (1–6) | 0.785 |
| M-ISI severity | 12 (0–29) | 0.136 | 11 (2–32) | 0.144 |
| M-ISI bother | 3 (0–8) | 0.063 | 4 (0–8) | 0.854 |
| Nocturia | 3 (0–4) | 1.000 | 2 (1–7) | 0.492 |
| AUAQ1 | 0 (0–1) | 0.257 | 4 (1–5) | 0.317 |
| AUAQ2 | 3 (0–5) | 0.157 | 4 (0–5) | 0.336 |
| AUAQ3 | 0 (0–4) | 0.102 | 4 (1–5) | 0.480 |
| AUAQ4 | 2 (0–5) | 0.498 | 4 (1–5) | 0.414 |
| AUAQ5 | 0 (0–4) | 0.180 | 3 (0–5) | 0.236 |
| AUAQ6 | 0 (0–5) | 0.317 | 3 (0–5) | 0.450 |
| AUAQ7 | 3 (1–5) | 0.131 | 2 (1–5) | 0.357 |
BTXA, intradetrusor onabotulinum toxin A; SNM, sacral neuromodulation; AUASS, American Urological Association Symptom Score; M-ISI, Michigan Incontinence Severity Index; AUAQ1-7, American Urological Association Symptom Score questions.
Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
A comparison of the 18 BTXA patients who had failed prior SNM and the 72 BTXA patients with no prior SNM showed that prior SNM treatment was associated with a statistically significant risk of BTXA failure, χ2(1)=5.8, odds ratio=3.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.23–10.42; P=0.016, chi-square test).
Ten of the 18 BTXA patients with prior SMN had a neurological disorder: 3 had a history of spinal degeneration defined as either spinal stenosis or lumbosacral radiculopathy, another 3 had a history of cerebrovascular accident, 1 had both cerebrovascular accident and spinal stenosis, 1 multiple sclerosis, 1 cerebral palsy, and 1 had both Parkinson disease and lumbosacral radiculopathy (Table 3). BTXA was successful in 4 of these patients: 1 with multiple sclerosis, 2 with spinal degeneration, and 1 with cerebrovascular accident (Table 3).
Table 3.
Risk factors for neurogenic bladder
| Characteristic | Treatment success (n) | Treatment failure (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal degenerationa) only | 2 | 1 |
| Cerebrovascular accident only | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebrovascular accident+spinal stenosis | 0 | 1 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 | 0 |
| Cerebral palsy | 0 | 1 |
| Parkinson disease+lumbosacral radiculopathy | 0 | 1 |
Spinal stenosis or lumbosacral radiculopathy.
DISCUSSION
This study assesses the results of BTXA therapy after failure of initial SNM in OAB patients. While SNM is an effective thirdline therapy for OAB, clinical factors causing its failure and discontinuation may include technical issues during stage I such as improper lead placement, lack of adequate response to stage I, central nervous system pathology, and progression of disease resulting in OAB refractory to SNM after stage II. Based on our study criteria, only 39% (7 of 18) achieved treatment success with BTXA after SNM failure. No other studies to date have reported outcomes in this subgroup of patients. While the BTXA treatment success rate in our non-SNM cohort was similar to the 70%–80% initial success rate reported for BTXA patients without prior SNM [11], the BTXA treatment success rate in the failed SNM cohort was much lower. The odds ratio of 3.6 in our cohort indicates that failing initial SNM is associated with a much higher risk of failing subsequent BTXA. Previous studies on OAB refractory to an initial third-line therapy showed SNM after initial BTXA treatment to be just as effective as SNM in patients who had no prior BTXA [12,13]. Unlike the other studies which included mostly women, our study was nearly equally divided in gender (8 men, 10 women). We used the AUASS questionnaire to assess pre- and post-BTXA outcomes as it has been shown to be equally useful in evaluating responses to treatment for urinary symptoms for both men and women [17].
The mechanism of BTXA inhibits signaling peripherally in the bladder whereas SNM regulates the central nervous system pathway associated with micturition. The most widely accepted explanation for BTXA is the toxin’s cleavage and deactivation of SNAP-25, a T-SNARE protein needed for acetylcholinergic neurotransmitter vesicle fusion at synaptic junctions. Cholinergic synaptic transmission for afferent and efferent nerve endings in the bladder is thus reduced and results in decreased sensation of urge and amount of detrusor contractions [18,19]. The hypothesized effect of SNM is through pulsed electrical stimulation of the roots of the S3 and S4 pelvic and pudendal nerves [20]. The pulses travel to the central nervous system and modulate reflex pathways within the pontine and spinal micturition centers that control the emptying and storage phases of the micturition cycle [21,22]. Because the mechanisms of SNM and BTXA differ and thus appear to be independent of each other, we hypothesized that prior SNM would not affect the success of BTXA treatment and, therefore, the BTXA success rate for patients refractory to SNM would be similar to BTXA for patients without prior SNM. The lower success rate in our study (39% for BTXA after failed SNM versus 69% for BTXA without SNM) might be explained by potentially more severe baseline comorbidities affecting bladder and central nervous system function in our patient cohort. Of note, 10 of our 18 patients had a neurological disorder; BTXA was successful in 4 of the 10 patients. Despite the heterogeneity of the neurological disorders, these disorders have all been associated with an increased risk of detrusor overactivity [1,23]. We hypothesize that the 4 patients with central neurological disorders may have had success with BTXA due to BTXA’s mechanism of action on parasympathetic nerves within the detrusor muscle. These patients may also have lowered their expectations for symptom improvement after failing initial SNM. This example demonstrates the importance of patient counseling on the use of a subsequent third-line option for OAB after initial third-line therapy failure. While the mechanisms of action of SNM and BTXA are different, this population with neurogenic detrusor overactivity may be inherently more refractory to third-line therapy for OAB.
The only voiding parameter in our study data that showed statistically significant improvement for the BTXA success group was median daytime voiding frequency, which showed a 27% improvement. As AUASS scores did not change significantly in either the success or failure group before versus after BTXA therapy, we were not able to identify additional reasons that lead patients to continue or discontinue BTXA treatment. It may be possible that patients in the treatment success group continued BTXA in the hope that subsequent BTXA injections would improve their urinary symptoms.
Analysis of individual question scores on the AUASS questionnaire showed statistically significant increases in frequency of straining to void and frequency of weak urine stream before the initial BTXA trial in the treatment failure group compared to the treatment success group. As urinary retention is a side effect of BTXA therapy, OAB patients bothered by symptoms of straining to void and weak stream may find these symptoms increased with BTXA and thus are less likely to find relief. Low urinary bladder compliance and capacity and bladder wall fibrosis are other factors associated with poor response to BTXA therapy [24]. Given that a significant number of our patients had neurological comorbidities, these factors may explain the increased BTXA discontinuation in our study.
Limitations of this study are the small sample size and the heterogeneity of the patient population reducing the ability of the study to be generalized. Due to the high success rate of SNM, identification of a large SNM failure group would require a multicenter randomized trial between SNM and BTXA. Of our 78 SNM patients, 22 failed SNM and only 9 of these proceeded to BTXA. An additional 9 patients had failed SNM from an outside institution. Similarly, other studies looking at the effectiveness of SNM after initial BTXA failure for OAB have been limited by small sample size also due to the high effectiveness of BTXA [12,13]. Many patients refractory to SNM chose not to proceed to a second third-line treatment or were concerned with the risk of urinary retention associated with BTXA. Another limitation of this study is our 4-year time frame. Extending the time frame may demonstrate an even greater decrease in BTXA success rate, given the significant reported discontinuation rate of BTXA over the long term [25-27].
No guidelines exist for choosing one third-line therapy over the other for OAB [28]. While the efficacy of BTXA compared to SNM is debated, an individualized approach based on clinical judgment and patient factors may be best in choosing an initial third-line therapy [29]. Both BTXA and SNM are effective third-line therapies for OAB. Our study shows that BTXA may be considered as another therapy worth trying after failure of initial SNM before returning to medical therapy, stopping all therapies and living with the symptoms, or considering augmentation cystoplasty. However, the BTXA discontinuation rate is higher due to lower efficacy compared to SNM naïve patients.
With increased usage of SNM and BTXA for refractory OAB, more patients will become refractory to their initial third-line treatment. This study measured the effectiveness of BTXA for OAB patients who failed and discontinued initial SNM. A history of SNM failure was associated with a threefold risk of failed subsequent BTXA injection. Additionally, a history of weak urine stream and increased straining to void on validated questionnaire scores were associated with higher failure of BTXA. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the management of this complex patient population with evidence showing reduced but appreciable efficacy in the use of BTXA after SNM failure.
Footnotes
Research Ethics
The study was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Henry Ford Health System (IRB No. 11369). Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
Conflict of Interest
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT
·Full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: HT, VI, MD, HA
·Study concept and design: HT, VI, MD, HA
·Acquisition of data: HT, VI, MD, HA
·Analysis and interpretation of data: HT, VI, MD, HA
·Drafting of the manuscript: HT, HA
·Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: HT, HA
·Statistical analysis: HT, MD, HA
·Administrative, technical, or material support: HT, VI, MD, HA
·Study supervision: HT, VI, MD, HA
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