Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
CompletedNot applicableNCT02588274
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) affects many adult men worldwide. So far, available therapies offer little or no proven benefit to CP/CPPS. The investigators design and implement this study is to assess efficacy of acupuncture therapy performed in the CP/CPPS .
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Study Protocol for a Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Acupuncture
- Device: placebo needle
- Sponsor
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
- Start date
- 2015-11
- Primary completion
- 2017-05
- Sex
- Male
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- China
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. History of pain perceived in the region of the prostate and absence of other lower urinary tract pathology for a minimum of 3 out of the past 6 months. In addition, associated lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function, psychological factors should be addressed. 2. Age 18 to 50 years 3. NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) total score≥ 15 (scale 0-43, and 0 means no symptom). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Other urologic disease (for example, acute prostatitis, bacterial prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, urinary tuberculosis, urinary tract infection) 2. Serious or acute diseases with heart, liver, kidney and blood system. 3. Patients who had received acupuncture or medication (including alpha-blockers or pain killers) treatment in the week prior to the baseline assessment 4. Patients without telephone number who cannot be connected during the follow-up
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02588274