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Trial reportProstate cancer and prostatic diseases2015

Acupuncture relieves symptoms in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a randomized, sham-controlled trial.

S Sahin, M Bicer, G A Eren, S Tas, V Tugcu, A I Tasci, M Cek

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Chronic Primary Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Men.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S SahinDepartment of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
M BicerDepartment of Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
G A ErenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
S TasDepartment of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
V TugcuDepartment of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
A I TasciDepartment of Urology, Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
M CekDepartment of Urology, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Bakırköy Dr.Sadi Konuk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRTrakya University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are multiple approaches to the management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS); and lately the data suggesting the ability of acupuncture treatment to decrease pain, positively impact quality of life and potentially modulate inflammation has suggested it as a potential therapeutic option for men with CP/CPPS. We conducted this study to determine whether acupuncture is really an effective therapeutic modality for CP/CPPS in terms of >50% decrease in total National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) score from baseline compared with sham.

methodsOne hundred patients with CP/CPPS (category III B) in an outpatient urology clinic were randomized to receive acupuncture at either seven acupoints bilaterally or sham points adjacent to these points. NIH-CPSI was completed by each patient before and 6, 8, 16, 24 weeks after the treatment. Mean values of total CPSI score and subscores after the treatment and on follow-up following the treatment were compared.

resultsOf the acupuncture participants, 92% were NIH-CPSI responders (>50% decrease in total NIH-CPSI score from baseline) compared with 48% of sham participants, 8 weeks after the end of the therapy. Both groups experienced significant decrease in CPSI subscores throughout the whole follow-up period; however, the decline remained significantly greater in the active acupuncture group as compared with the sham group.

conclusionsOur results show that the use of acupuncture in treatment of men with CP/CPPS symptoms resulted in a significant decrease in total NIH-CPSI scores.

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Acupuncture TherapyAdultHumansMaleMiddle AgedPelvic PainProstatitisTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung Adult

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PMID25939517
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