Actively Recruiting
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATE RESECTION (TURP) AND ECHOLASER SORACTELITE-TPLA (TRANSPERINEAL LASER ABLATION) IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS DUE TO BENIGN PROSTATIC OBSTRUCTION
Led by Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari · Updated on 2025-12-17
80
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
127 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
THIS STUDY IS A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATE RESECTION (TURP) AND ECHOLASER SORACTELITE-TPLA (TRANSPERINEAL LASER ABLATION) IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS DUE TO BENIGN PROSTATIC OBSTRUCTION. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO SHOW THE NON-INFERIORITY OF TPLA VERSUS TURP BY IPSS-SCORE.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATE RESECTION (TURP) AND ECHOLASER SORACTELITE-TPLA (TRANSPERINEAL LASER ABLATION) IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS DUE TO BENIGN PROSTATIC OBSTRUCTION
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male aged 40 to 85 years
- Lower urinary tract symptoms with IPSS score 8 or higher
- Unsuccessful or non-compliant drug treatment for benign prostatic obstruction
- Prostate volume between 40 ml and 80 ml
- Ability to provide informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous surgical treatment for benign prostatic obstruction
- Use of bladder catheter
- Presence of bladder stones
- Urinary or seminal infections
- Bladder hypo- or a-contractility
- Bladder tumors
- Urethral stricture
- Neurological bladder conditions
- Refusal to sign informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
UOC Urologia e Trapianti di Rene Policlinico di Bari
Bari, ITALY/Bari, Italy, 70124
Actively Recruiting
2
UOC Urologia e Trapianti di Rene Policlinico di Bari
Bari, ITALY/Bari, Italy, 70124
Active, Not Recruiting
Research Team
M
Marcello MZ Zingarelli, medicine and surgery
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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