Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, BPH, Prostate Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Prostate, BPH, Prostatitis
Brief summary
Multi-center, prospective randomized dosing and safety research study. A maximum of 150 men will be enrolled in the study. Qualifying patients will receive one of three possible doses of the study drug. Symptoms will be evaluated before treatment, and then 1-week, 1-month, 3-months, and 6-months following treatment.
Interventions
Sponsors
American Medical Systems
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Eligible patients are 50 to 80-year-old men who have experienced some or all of the following urinary symptoms for at least 6 months: * frequent or urgent need to urinate * difficulty starting their urinary stream * interruption of their urinary stream * feeling of incomplete emptying of bladder after urinating * interruption of sleep due to the urge to urinate Patients should have tried oral medication for their condition in the past, and be willing to discontinue any current BPH medications for a period of time before undergoing study treatment. They should be in good general health and have no previous surgery, or other procedure(s) intended to reduce prostate size.
Outcome results
None listed