Need help with an integral related to beta function

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I've been struggling with a definite integral as below:

$$ \int_0^1 x^{a-1}(1-x)^{b}(I_x(a+1,b) - 1) dx $$

where $I_{x}$ represents the regularized incomplete beta function.

I'd initially tackled it as an integration by parts problem with

$$dv=x^{a-1}(1-x)^{b}$$ $$u=I_x(a+1,b) - 1$$

however couldn't get a sensible answer at all. I'd really appreciate any help people could offer, or even an opinion on whether an analytical answer is a hopeless case!