Toviaz(Pfizer) success in Overactive Bladder in Older Patients

Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) from Pfizer has met its primary endpoint in Study A0221049.This was a 12 week trial which enrolled 562 patients aged 65 or older who were randomised to either fesoterodine or placebo. Toviaz was found to be statistically significantly superior to placebo in reducing the mean number of urgency urinary incontinence episodes per day at the end of treatment for Overactive Bladder. While the prevalence of overactive bladder increases with age, limited research has been conducted in older individuals with this condition. Toviaz, a muscarinic antagonist, is approved in both the USA and EU to treat the symptoms of Overactive Bladder.