Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Improve Erectile Function Following Surgery for Prostate Cancer

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Impotence, Prostatic Neoplasms

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a therapy that delivers oxygen under slight pressure, to a drug treatment of PDE5I (such as Viagra, Levitra, Cialis)for men following surgery for prostate cancer will result in more men being able to continue to have erections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00906269

Run by

Hartford Hospital

People needed

100

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2021-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-20

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 65. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• male
• age 40-69
• diagnosis of Stage I prostate cancer
• bilateral NSRRP as primary treatment
• sexual potency prior to surgery

You may not qualify if…

• COPD, CHF, diabetes mellitus
• known inability to tolerate PDE5I
• confinement anxiety/claustrophobia
• planned adjuvant or neo-adjuvant therapy
• patients taking alpha blockers or nitrates
• patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Where it is running

• Hartford Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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