A Self-Administered Maneuver to Relieve Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Clinical Trial

Official title: Study of a Self-Administered Maneuver to Initiate and Maintain Urine Flow Impeded by Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Digital Repetitive Infrapubic Pressure maneuver, a self-administered procedure used to provide symptomatic relief in initiating and maintaining urine flow impeded by benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Clinical Trial Description

Eligible patients were alternately assigned to either immediate instruction on the use of the Digital Repetitive Infrapubic Pressure maneuver (immediate intervention group) or to a return appointment to receive instructions in the maneuver four weeks after the initial assessment date (delayed intervention group). Patients were to utilize the procedure on every occasion they had difficulty initiating, maintaining, or completing urine flow between the time of their instruction and their subsequent visit. At the initial assessment visits and the final visit, the patients completed an International Prostate Score Sheet (IPSS). A telephone survey was conducted with all patients an average of nine months following their instruction in the maneuver, to determine the extent to which they were still using it. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
• Hyperplasia
• Prostatic Hyperplasia

• NCT number: NCT01387893
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Kaiser Permanente
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2008
• Completion date: November 2009