Active clinical trials for "Prostatic Hyperplasia"

This retrospective study aims to assess treatment patterns within 1 year of initiating BPH treatment, including 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) monotherapy, alpha-blocker (AB) monotherapy, early combination therapy, and delayed combination therapy. The MarketScan database will be utilized for this study (2000-2008)

In patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), combination therapy with an alpha-blocker (AB) and a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) has been shown to reduce the progression of acute urinary retention (AUR) and the incidence of prostate surgery, and also provides symptom relief. The objective of this study is to compare the likelihood of clinical progression (defined as AUR and/or prostate-related surgery) and costs in BPH patients who were treated with delayed combination therapy to BPH patients who were treated with early combination therapy using data from a United States (US) healthcare claims database. The hypothesis of this study is that patients who are prescribed combination therapy early in their BPH treatment will experience better clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs compared with patients treated with delayed combination therapy. The null hypothesis is that no difference will be observed in outcomes or direct medical costs for patients treated with early combination therapy and patients treated with delayed combination therapy. The US healthcare claims database includes data from patients with Medicare Advantage as well as private health plan coverage including the Impact health plan. About 14 million people were covered by this set of health plans in 2007 and were geographically diverse across the US. Data from 2000 through 2009 were utilized. The study is a retrospective cohort analysis.

In men, urinary incontinence (UI) is relatively uncommon, and usually associated with some forms of prostate surgery. Thus, one of the risks of surgery for benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is postoperative UI. The guidelines of the American Urological Association for BPH treatment indicate that UI (2~5%) is relevant complications after transurethral prostatectomy (TURP). Rassweiler et al., based on a review of publications stated that early UI may occur in up to 30-40% of patients after TURP. Rigatti et al. reported that early postoperative urgency UI occurred in 38.6% (TURP) and 44% (holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; HoLEP) of surgically treated patients at 1-month after the surgery. Recently, the follow-up data for patients treated with HoLEP showed that transient stress UI developed in up to 44% after HoLEP. Although this alternative surgical treatment such as HoLEP can be performed safely with minimal complications, patients often face debilitating UI during the postoperative period before any improvement in micturition parameters occurs. Although this symptom ameliorates within a relatively short time, it usually cause significant stress and anxiety to the patient as far as their durations is concerned. In addition to its economic cost, UI is a distressing condition that has major impacts on a patient's quality of life. Social withdrawal, isolation, and depression occur in some patients. Because this problem is usually temporary, there has been little attempt at addressing the issue. Therefore, there has been no research devoted specifically to transient de novo UI associated with HoLEP. 1. The aim of the present study was following: to investigate the incidence of transient de novo UI after HoLEP for BPH determine the predictors of early postoperative transient de novo UI.

Prognostic factor in the patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who undergo holmium laser enucleation of the prostate

Hyponatremic hypovolemia is a frequent complication of transurethral resection of the prostate gland (TURP). Copeptin has been established as is a surrogate marker of vasopressin and is measured useful for thea clinical assessment of various sodium and water disturbances. The aim of our the study was to assess the utility of serum concentration of copeptin (CPP) and brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) for the prediction of postoperative alterations of serum sodium concentration. Study population comprised 43 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate gland. In a forward stepwise multiple regression only serum copeptin before the surgery and the duration of TURP significantly explained the variation of sodium concentration for 12 hours from the start of the surgery. Serum NT-proBNP before the surgery did not predict hyponatremia 12 hours after TURP.Conclusion Serum copeptin before TURP surgery but not NT-proBNP may be a clinically useful marker of a decrease of serum sodium after TURP surgery.

This study compared the performance of different models of multiple b-value DWI in diagnosing prostate cancer.

This retrospective study aims to assess the economic impact of early initiation of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) therapy in patients with enlarged prostate (EP) receiving 5ARI and alpha-blocker (AB) combination therapy. Both the Integrated Health Care Information Solutions and PharMetrics databases will be utilized for this study (2000-2007).

This retrospective study aims to assess the impact of early vs delayed 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) therapy in patients with BPH on alpha-blocker (AB) therapy and the risk of acute urinary retention (AUR), prostate-related surgery, and emergency surgery (defined as prostate surgery occurring within 30 days of AUR). The MarketScan database will be utilized for this study (2000-2008).

This retrospective study aims to assess the clinical and economic impact of early initiation of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) therapy in patients with enlarged prostate (EP) receiving 5ARI monotherapy or combination therapy with an alpha-blocker (AB) compared to late initiation of 5ARI therapy in patients receiving combination therapy. The Henry Ford Health System databases will be utilized for this study (2000-2008).

The duration of the study is expected to take approximately 3 years, which includes a recruitment period of approximately 12-months and 2 years (24-months) to complete procedure and follow-up visits.