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Studying whether adding yoga to usual treatment can improve urinary symptoms and quality of life in older men with prostate enlargement

Effectiveness of Yoga as an Adjuvant Therapy on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Quality of Life among Older Adults with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Randomized Controlled Trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/12/098684
Enrollment
52
Registered
2025-12-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-12

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: N401- Benign prostatic hyperplasia withlower urinary tract symptoms

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga + standard medication (TABLET TAMSULOSIN 0.4MG PO OD): Participants in the intervention group will receive a standardized yoga module designed for men with lower urinary tract symp
routine follow-up as per protocol.

Sponsors

All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of age above 60 years 2. Patients with LUTS with Mild and Moderate scores as per International Prostate Symptom Score) IPSS. 3. Patients having Robust and Pre-frail scores as per Fried Frailty Scale 4. Patients must have a confirmed diagnosis of BPH, based on clinical evaluation, medical history, and/or diagnostic tests such as digital rectal examination, uroflowmetry, prostate-specific antigen levels, and ultrasonography. 5. Patients must be physically capable of participating in yoga sessions, including the ability to perform basic physical movements and tolerate moderate physical exertion 6. Patients willing to participate in the study by attending 75 percent of yoga sessions and comply with study assessments 7. Not practising any structured yoga for last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with severe medical conditions that may significantly impact their ability to participate in the yoga intervention such as uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, severe musculoskeletal disorders 2. Patients who have undergone recent surgical procedures related to BPH management, such as transurethral resection of the prostate prostatectomy 3. Patients with active urinary tract infections may influence urinary symptoms or require immediate medical treatment should be excluded until the infection is resolved 4. Patients with neurological illness like spinal cord injury, progressive neurodegenerative disease 5. Patients with cognitive impairment may impair their ability to understand and comply with the study 6. Patients with vesical calculi, recurrent UTI, obstructive uropathy, high post void residual urine volume, raised serum PSA.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
At the end of three months to see change in IPSSTimepoint: 3 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.Improvement in quality of life after three months of yoga therapy 2.Assess changes in LUTS severity following a structured yoga intervention. 3.Evaluate the impact of yoga on urinary flow rates & other objective measures of urinary function. 4.Examine the effects of yoga on quality of life, including physical, psychological, & social well-being. 5.Measure the improvement in balance, lower extremity function & functional quality of life after yoga intervention using SPPB. 6.Explore participant adherence to the yoga intervention & potential predictors of treatment response. 7.To measure the change in size of prostate after yoga therapy 8.To assess the levels of Serum Dihydrotestosterone after Yoga therapy.Timepoint: 3 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactArun Sankar M

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

anshupathania27@gmail.com8126021556

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026