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NCT Number: NCT00710073

Sono-Electro-Magnetic Therapy for Refractory Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is challenging for patients and physicians once conventional therapies fail.

We hypothesize that combined sono-electro-magnetic therapy can improve refractory CPPS in men.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Urology, Bern University Hospital

Bern, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • CPSS III
  • symptomatic >3 months
  • NIH-CPSI total score =/>15
  • NIH-CPSI pain =/>8

Exclusion criteria

  • post void residual >100mL
  • urinary tract infection
  • urethral stricture
  • age <18 years

Treatment and study plan

sono-electro-magnetic therapy (Sonodyn Medico Star)

Device

twice a day for 10 minutes during 6 or 12 weeks

Other names: Sonodyn Medico Star

Primary outcomes

  1. National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI)

    Time frame: before treatment, after 6 weeks of treatment, if effective also after 12 weeks of treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain visual analogue scale

    Time frame: before treatment, after 6 weeks of treatment, if effective also after 12 weeks of treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Sono-Electro-Magnetic Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
Jul 3, 2008
Registry last updated
Jul 3, 2008

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