How Can We Make Progress in the Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome? ICI‐RS 2025
The use of accurate terminology in describing this condition is the first step toward improving the quality of future research. The Think Tank overwhelmingly recommended that the term "Interstitial Cystitis" should not be used. Future studies should be focussed on understanding the BPS group, excluding those with Hunner lesion disease. Studying inflammation, ischaemia and oxidative stress will help to identify a bladder-centric phenotype, whereas improving our understanding of psychological mechanisms will help to direct psychological therapies more effectively.
Authors
- Paul Abrams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2776-2200)
- Ana Charrua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-7790)
- Pradeep Tyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4545)
- Sanjay Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-2091)
- Michael Samarinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-795X)
- Caroline Selai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-3405)
- Roger Roman Dmochowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9838-9178)
- Alan J. Wein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-8656)
- Sachin Malde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3712-9460)
- D. Carolina Ochoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2374-848X)
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- Miami Transplant Institute (US)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurourology and Urodynamics
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.70195
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00