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PUL vs TURP in BPH Patients With Urinary Retention
Led by Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong · Updated on 2025-07-24
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
543 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The study will be a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing prostatic urethral lift (PUL) versus transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) patients with urinary retention. The primary objective of this study is to compare the catheter-free rates of PUL vs TURP. Secondary objectives include comparison of complications rates, cost effectiveness, patient satisfactory, symptom scores, quality of life measures and urodynamic parameters.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
PUL vs TURP in BPH Patients With Urinary Retention
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male patients
- Age over 40 years old
- Urinary retention who failed trial without catheter
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to provide consent and no guardian or relative available to help provide consent
- Active urinary tract infection
- Previous surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (e.g., TURP, prostatic urethral lift)
- Presence of bladder stones
- Urethral strictures or bladder neck contractures
- Prostate size greater than 100 mL
- Solely obstructing median lobe
- Urinary retention not caused by obstruction (bladder outflow obstruction index less than 20 on urodynamic studies)
- Poor detrusor muscle contractility (maximum detrusor pressure less than 20 cmH2O during voiding)
- Use of anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications that cannot be stopped
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Queen Mary Hospital
Hong Kong, China
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
B
Brian SH Ho, MBBS
CONTACT
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Stacia Chun, BSc(Hons)
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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