IC/BPS Global Consensus Meeting

The complete recorded proceedings of the April 2025 IC/BPS Global Consensus meeting at Wake Forest University are now available on the CAIRIBU YouTube. The CAIRIBU Interactions Core featured meeting organizers Stephen Walker, PhD and Gopal H. Badlani, MD (both at Wake Forest University) in a virtual “CAIRIBU Connections” seminar on September 17.

In 6 videos, the CAIRIBU YouTube recordings capture presentations on:

  • Diagnostic criteria | Patient phenotyping
  • IC/BPS in males | Role of gynecologic findings in IC
  • Genomics and histopathology in IC | Etiopathology | IC/BPS therapeutics
  • PROs and other outcomes | IC/BPS registry or central data site
  • Patient advocacy challenges | Guidelines vs. consensus | IC/BPS research aims
  • Role of industry and innovation | Final sub-committee presentations

Access additional information about the meeting, the meeting program, and organizing committee members HERE. At least 10 review articles from the consensus meeting are are available in PubMed, several in which CAIRIBU-affiliated investigators were involved: Wolff et al, Sullivan et al, Snipes et al, Mezes et al, Hayes et al, Werneburg et al, Ruetten et al, Chen et al, Sandberg et al, Buford et al.