• Medicine · Mar 2020

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Acupuncture combined with tamsulosin hydrochloride sustained-release capsule in the treatment of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

    • Ji-Sheng Wang, Jie Yang, Sheng Deng, Xu-Dong Yu, Bing-Hao Bao, Rui-Jia Liu, and Hai-Song Li.
    • Graduate School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Mar 1; 99 (12): e19540e19540.

    BackgroundChronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common urinary system disease in men. As part of traditional Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has been widely used in clinical practice. In order to evaluate the exact effect of acupuncture on the clinical efficacy of CP/CPPS, this experiment uses randomized controlled experiments.Methods/DesignThis pragmatic randomized controlled trial will recruit 166 patients who are diagnosed with CP/CPPS. Simple randomization to conventional drug treatment with a 1:1 allocation ratio will be used. Ten 30-minute acupuncture sessions will be provided to patients assigned to the Intervention group. All participants will continue to receive conventional drug treatment. The selection of outcomes will be evaluated by Health's Symptom Score Index (NIH-CPSI) score at week 4.DiscussionThis trial may provide evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for patients with CP/CPPS.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov, ChiCTR1900021132, Registered on 29 January 2019.

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