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. 2023 Jun 22;2023(6):CD001423. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001423.pub4

Iacono 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: parallel‐group randomized trial
Study dates: not available
Setting: outpatient, single center, national
Country: Italy
Participants Inclusion criteria: men affected by lower urinary tract symptoms due to BPH
Exclusion criteria: not specified
Sample size: 185 participants
Age (years): mean 64.5 (SD 8.6)
IPSS score (baseline):
Group 1 (SD): 20.6 (5.4)
Group 2 (SD): not available
Prostate size: not available
Interventions Group 1 (n = 95): Tramaxadina (Alga Ecklonia bicylis 80 mg, Tribulus terrestris 100 mg, chitosan oligosaccharide (Biovis) 100 mg) and Serenoa repens 320 mg daily for 6 months
Group 2 (n = 90): placebo
Outcomes Urinary symptoms
  • How measured: IPSS

  • Time points measured: not reported

  • Time points reported: 6 months (only for the intervention group)

Notes Funding sources: not available
Conflict of interest: not available
Study available only as an abstract of the 17th Annual Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine, 2015 February 5‐7; Copenhagen.