A Self-Administered Maneuver to Relieve Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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Conditions studied: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

In brief

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Digital Repetitive Infrapubic Pressure maneuver, a self-administered procedure used to provide symptomatic relief in initiating and maintaining urine flow impeded by benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01387893

Run by

Kaiser Permanente

People needed

48

Starts

2008-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-02

Who can join

Age: 45 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• mild to moderate symptoms of difficulty initiating and maintaining the flow of urine
• not currently receiving treatment for the condition
• not taking an alpha-blocker at least one month before randomization
• not taking 5-alpha reductase inhibitor six months or more before randomization.

You may not qualify if…

• non-ambulatory
• taking medications known to affect urination,
• any of the following: a debilitating concomitant illness, a history of prostate or bladder cancer or prostate surgery or radiation treatment to the pelvis, urethral stricture, neurogenic bladder, current urinary tract infection or otherwise potentially compromised urinary tract systems, a creatinine level of over 3.0 mg per deciliter, or a residual urinary volume after voiding of over 350 cubic centimeters.

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente — Santa Clara, California, United States

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