Trial to Compare Alfuzosin Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Prostatitis

In brief

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the alpha adrenergic blocker Alfuzosin (Uroxatral) in men with relatively new onset of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Alfuzosin is a once daily (10 mg capsule), FDA approved medication for an indication in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The effectiveness of alfuzosin in improving lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with BPH has been documented in a number of placebo-controlled studies. A number of small studies have also suggested that alfuzosin ameliorates CP/CPPS symptoms through a similar alpha-blockade mechanism. This study will enable further testing of this hypothesis

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00103402

Run by

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

People needed

272

Starts

2005-02-01

Expected to finish

2008-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participant has signed and dated the appropriate Informed Consent document.
• Participant is male.
• Participant is at least 18 years of age.
• Participant has had symptoms of discomfort or pain in the pelvic region for at least a six-week interval at the time of presentation.
• Symptoms bothersome enough to prompt a physician visit have been present for two years or less.

You may not qualify if…

• Participant has evidence of facultative Gram negative or enterococcus with a value of greater than or equal to 1000 colony forming units (CFU) /ml in mid-stream urine (VB2).
• Participant has previously received alfuzosin (Uroxatral®), tamsulosin hydrochloride (Flomax®), doxazosin mesylate (Cardura®), terazosin hydrochloride (HCL) (Hytrin®), or other alpha-adrenergic receptor blockers for symptoms of CP/CPPS or within the past two years for any other reason.
• Participant has a history of prostate, penile, testicular, bladder, or urethral cancer or has undergone pelvic radiation, systemic chemotherapy, or intravesical chemotherapy.
• Participant has a history of moderate or severe hepatic impairment, severe renal sufficiency, severe or unstable cardiovascular (i.e. prolonged QT), respiratory, hematological, endocrinological, neurological or other somatic disorders.
• Participant has unilateral orchialgia without pelvic symptoms, active urethral stricture, or neurological disease or disorder affecting the bladder.
• Participant has uninvestigated, significant hematuria.
• Participant has undergone transurethral prostatectomy (TURP), transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP), transurethral Incision or Resection of the Bladder Neck (TUIBN), transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT), transurethral needle ablation (TUNA), balloon dilation of the prostate, open prostatectomy or any other prostate surgery or treatment such as cryotherapy or thermal therapy.
• Participant has a neurological impairment or psychiatric disorder preventing his understanding of consent and his ability to comply with the protocol.
• Participant is currently taking exclusionary medications such as potent CYP3A4 inhibitors (i.e. ketoconazole, itraconazole, or ritonavir) or erythromycin.

Where it is running

• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California, United States
• Northwestern U. Feinberg School of Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Harvard Medical School- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• University of Mississippi Medical Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Temple University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Washington- Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
• Queen's University — Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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