Trial reportPloS one2013
Electroacupuncture for moderate and severe benign prostatic hyperplasia: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01218243 (An Efficacy Trial of Electroacupuncture at Points of Bilateral BL33 for Mild and Moderate Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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An Efficacy Trial of Electroacupuncture at Points of Bilateral BL33 for Mild and Moderate Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Complementary therapies in the control of male lower urinary tract symptoms: A systematic review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Pooled it
- Sham Electroacupuncture Methods in Randomized Controlled Trials.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromes: study protocol for a randomized, sham acupuncture-controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Trial
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- A glimpse into the efficacy of alternative therapies in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Review
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- Effect of Depth of Electroacupuncture on the IPSS of Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
- The Role of Acupuncture in Pain Management.Current pain and headache reports · 2016Review
- Electroacupuncture for bladder function recovery in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- Prevalence, Burden, and Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men Aged 50 and Older: A Systematic Review of the Literature.SAGE open nursingReview
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), postvoid residual urine (PVR), and maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax), and explore the difference between EA at acupoints and non-acupoints in patients with moderate to severe benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). SUBJECTS AND
methodsMen with BPH and IPSS ≥8 were enrolled. Participants were randomly allocated to receive EA at acupoint (treatment group, n = 50) and EA at non-acupoint (control group, n = 50). The primary outcome measure includes the change of IPSS at the 6th week and the secondary outcome measures include changes of PVR and Qmax at the 6th week and change of IPSS at the 18th week.
results100/192 patients were included. At the 6th week, treatment group patients had a 4.51 (p<0.001) and 4.12 (p<0.001) points greater decline in IPSS than the control group in the intention to treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) populations. At the 18th week, a 3.2 points (p = 0.001) greater decline was found in IPSS for the treatment. No significant differences were found between the two groups in Qmax at the 6th week (p = 0.819). No significant difference was observed in PVR (P = 0.35).
conclusionAcupoint EA at BL 33 had better effects on IPSS, but no difference on PVR and Qmax as compared with non-acupoint EA. The results indicate that EA is effective in improving patient's quality of life and acupoint may have better therapeutic effects than non-acupoints in acupuncture treatments of BPH.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01218243.
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