Sono-Electro-Magnetic Therapy for Refractory Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
- Registration Number
- NCT00710073
- Lead Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
- Brief Summary
Treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is challenging for patients and physicians once conventional therapies fail.
We hypothesize that combined sono-electro-magnetic therapy can improve refractory CPPS in men.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 12
Inclusion Criteria
- CPSS III
- symptomatic >3 months
- NIH-CPSI total score =/>15
- NIH-CPSI pain =/>8
Exclusion Criteria
- post void residual >100mL
- urinary tract infection
- urethral stricture
- age <18 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) before treatment, after 6 weeks of treatment, if effective also after 12 weeks of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain visual analogue scale before treatment, after 6 weeks of treatment, if effective also after 12 weeks of treatment
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Urology, Bern University Hospital
🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland
Department of Urology, Bern University Hospital🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland