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

ConditionRANDOMIZED
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age40-85
SponsorAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

age, Lower urinary tract simptoms (IPSS >= 8), uncompliance or no achived drugs treatment for IPB, prostate volume 40ml-80ml , ability to express informed consent.

Disqualifiers

previous surgical tretment for IPB, bladder catheter, bladder stones, urinary or seminal infections, hypo-/a-contractilitis of bladder, bladder tuomrs, urethral stricture, neurological bladder, refuse to sign informed consent

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ECHOLASER-TPLA
  • TURP

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups