TASCI Trial

Spinal cord injuries lead to bladder dysfunction, which can often severely impair quality of life and endanger kidney function. The TASCI study is investigating whether electrical stimulation therapy, known as “neuromodulation,” can prevent the development of dangerous bladder dysfunctions.

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Publications

• Birkhäuser V, Liechti MD, Anderson CE, Bachmann LM, Baumann S, Baumberger M, Birder LA, Botter SM, Büeler S, Cruz CD, David G, Freund P, Friedl S, Gross O, Hund-Georgiadis M, Husmann K, Jordan X, Koschorke M, Leitner L, Luca E, Mehnert U, Möhr S, Mohammadzada F, Monastyrskaya K, Pfender N, Pohl D, Sadri H, Sartori AM, Schubert M, Sprengel K, Stalder SA, Stoyanov J, Stress C, Tatu A, Tawadros C, van der Lely S, Wöllner J, Zubler V, Curt A, Pannek J, Brinkhof MWG, Kessler TM. TASCI-transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in patients with acute spinal cord injury to prevent neurogenic detrusor overactivity: protocol for a nationwide, randomised, sham-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.BMJ Open. 2020 Aug 13;10(8):e039164. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039164.

• Liechti MD, van der Lely S, Stalder SA, Anderson CE, Birkhäuser V, Bachmann LM, Brinkhof MWG, Curt A, Jordan X, Leitner L, Mehnert U, Möhr S, Pannek J, Schubert M, Kessler TM; TASCI Study Group.Update from TASCI, a Nationwide, Randomized, Sham-controlled, Double-blind Clinical Trial on Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injury to Prevent Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity. Eur Urol Focus. 2020 Sep 15;6(5):877-879. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.09.019. Epub 2019 Oct 8.