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ReviewNeurourology and urodynamics2026

Phenotyping Overactive Bladder-Part 1: Are There Different Types of Urgency and Can They be Translated to Clinical, Urodynamic and Radiological Phenotyping? ICI-RS 2025.

John E Speich, D Carolina Ochoa, Pradeep Tyagi, Apostolos Apostolidis, Sanjay Sinha, Claire Hentzen, Marcus Drake, Paul Abrams, Alan J Wein, Michel Wyndaele

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John E SpeichDepartment of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-4098
D Carolina OchoaBristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2374-848X
Pradeep TyagiDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4545
Apostolos Apostolidis2nd Department of Urology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4694-0578
Sanjay SinhaDepartment of Urology, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-2091
Claire HentzenDepartment of Neuro-Urology, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9223-4925
Marcus DrakeDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-2552
Paul AbramsBristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2776-2200
Alan J WeinDesai Sethi Urology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-8656
Michel WyndaeleDepartment of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOveractive bladder (OAB) is defined as urinary urgency, usually accompanied by increased daytime frequency and/or nocturia, with urgency urinary incontinence (OAB-wet) or without (OAB-dry), in the absence of urinary tract infection or other detectable disease. The key symptom of OAB, urinary urgency, is defined as a complaint of sudden, compelling desire to pass urine which is difficult to defer. However, patients report a range of individual experiences and sensations associated with urgency and studies have identified different types of urgency. Patients with OAB not only differ in clinical presentation, but also have different urodynamic and radiological findings. These variations may explain why OAB treatments work well for some individuals but not others. This paper investigates how knowledge can be advanced by phenotyping OAB by urgency symptom variation, and clinical, urodynamic measurements and radiological features.

methodsA Think Tank at the International Consultation on Incontinence-Research Society (ICI-RS) 2025 discussed the question, "Can OAB management be improved by phenotyping if there are different types of urgency?" The group discussed the current literature on this topic and developed a list of research questions to help shape the future of the field.

resultsClinical, urodynamic and radiological phenotyping of urgency were discussed and research studies to phenotype urgency were proposed.

conclusionFurther research to phenotype OAB beyond the presence or absence of urgency and urgency urinary incontinence, using clinical, urodynamic measurements and radiological features, is needed. High priority research questions and strategies were defined. Advanced OAB phenotyping may guide tailored management beyond a stepwise approach, with the aim to improve therapeutic outcomes. This would validate phenotyping and is explored in Part 2 of the topic.

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Urinary BladderUrinary Bladder, OveractiveUrinary Incontinence, UrgeUrodynamicsHumansPhenotypeoveractive bladderphenotypeurinary urgencyurodynamics

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PMID41363247
PMCPMC13238293

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