chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS)
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were (1) men between 20 and 80 year of age with symptoms of pelvic pain for 3 months or more before study (2) Patients with a total National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) score > 15 point (3) Patients diagnosed with NIH category IIIA and IIIB using the PPMT (pre- and post-massage test) .
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) documented urinary tract infection (midstream urine culture with at least 100,000 colony-forming units per milliliter), (2) history of urethritis, epididymitis or sexually transmitted disease (STD) (3) history of prostate surgery (4)history of urogenital cancer (5) treatment with phytotherapeutic agents, a-blocker agents, or antimicrobials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Participants were evaluated using the NIH-CPSI and the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) at baseline and after 4 and 8 weeks. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hirosaki University Urology