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Effectiveness of a Treatment Protocol for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in General Practice

NCT00111592 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2016-11-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ageing and the availability of medication has led to an increase of elderly male patients being treated for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), or voiding problems ("prostate problems"). However, guidelines are vague as to which patients should and which should not be treated, and how.

Although several treatment modalities have proven efficacy in selected populations, it is unclear how effective these treatments are in daily practice.

This study investigates the hypothesis that a treatment protocol in which clear indications are formulated for all treatment modalities is more effective, as compared to current usual primary care, in reducing both symptoms as related to the quality of voiding in elderly males.

Conditions

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Interventions

PROCEDURE

current usual care

current usual care

PROCEDURE

treatment protocol with clear indications for therapy

treatment protocol with clear indications for therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yamanouchi

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roelf Norg · Department of General Practice, Universiteit Maastricht

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-08-31
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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