Efficacy Study of Acupuncture to Relieve Symptoms of Chronic Prostatitis

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Limited evidence suggests that acupuncture may help relieve symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. This study evaluated if acupuncture twice weekly for 10 weeks would help ameliorate symptoms of CP/CPPS.

Clinical Trial Description

Various studies have reported that this acupuncture able to relieve symptoms of chronic prostatitis (CP)/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). However, controversy exists on the efficacy of this technique due to poor experimental designs and lack of placebo controls in these experiment. This study is the first randomised controlled study which will evaluate if acupuncture for 10 weeks will help improve symptoms of CP/CPPS ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Prostatitis

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00260637
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Science Malaysia
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date	February 2004
Completion date	August 2005

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