Efficacy and Safety of Ningmitai Capsule in Patients With Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome：A Prospective, Randomized, Positive Drug-controlled, Multicenter Clinical Study

1. Clinical trial title：Efficacy and safety of Ningmitai capsule in patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome：A prospective, randomized, positive drug-controlled, multicenter clinical study
2. Version number/date：1.0 /2018-6-24
3. Principal investigator：Zhang Xiansheng
4. Main research units：The first affiliated hospital of Anhui medical university clinical medical research ethics committee
5. Clinical trial start and end dates：2018-10-1-2022-12-31
6. Objective: To observe whether Ningmitai capsule(NMT) alone or combined with Tamsulosin for 8 weeks is more effective than Tamsulosin in improving symptoms of CP/CPPS .
7. Study type:Interventional study
8. Total sample size:300
9. Inclusion criteria:

① Age: male patients aged 18-60 years;

② Long-term and repeated pelvic discomfort or pain (NIH-CPSI pain score ≥ 4 points), lasting more than 3 months, may be accompanied by different degrees of urination symptoms and sexual dysfunction;

③ Diagnosed as type III prostatitis.

Exclusion criteria:

• Use any antibiotics and α1 receptor blockers in the past two weeks; ② Suffering from seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis, varicocele, tumors in prostate, bladder and urethra and other diseases affecting bladder function;

• Have received transurethral resection of the prostate(TURP), transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP), bladder neck incision, transurethral hyperthermia/radiofrequency ablation/balloon dilatation, open prostatectomy, or any other prostate surgery and treatment, such as cryotherapy;

• Patients with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver, kidney and hematopoietic diseases and psychosis; ⑤ Patients who are allergic to NMT or some of its components; ⑥ Patients who are involuntarily unable to cooperate with the completion of the test.

10. Interventions:

11. NMT group Oral Ningmitai capsule, 0.38 g/capsule, tid, 4 capsules each time, after meals, for 8 weeks.

Sample size:100 2. Tamsulosin group Tamsulosin Hydrochloride Sustained-release Capsules were orally administered at 0.2 mg/capsule, once daily, 1 capsule each time, for 8 weeks.

Sample size:100 3.Combination group Oral Ningmitai capsule, 0.38 g/capsule, tid, 4 capsules each time, after meals, for 8 weeks.Tamsulosin Hydrochloride Sustained-release Capsules were orally administered at 0.2 mg/capsule, once daily, 1 capsule each time, for 8 weeks.

Sample size:100