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

NCT02121613.

Study name PERmixon® in LUTS Evaluation Study (PERLES)
Methods Quadruple‐blinded randomized controlled trial
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • Male subject

  • Between 45 and 85 years old

  • Bothersome LUTS due to BPH such as frequency (daytime or nighttime), urgency, sensation of incomplete voiding, delayed urination, or weak stream

  • Naive to any prior treatment for LUTS due to BPH

  • Prostate enlargement at DRE suggestive of BPH

  • IPSS > 12 at enrollment visit and at inclusion visit

  • QoL IPSS score ≥ 3 evaluated at enrollment visit and at inclusion visit


Exclusion criteria:
  • Urological history such as urethral stricture disease and/or bladder neck disease, active (at enrollment and/or inclusion or recurrent urinary tract infection, stone in bladder or urethra)

  • Any neurologic or psychiatric disease/disorder interfering with detrusor or sphincter muscle

  • Insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus and uncontrolled non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus

  • Known severe renal insufficiency or creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min

  • Known liver insufficiency or clinically significant abnormal liver function tests

  • History of, or concomitant, cardiac arrhythmia or angina pectoris

  • Orthostatic hypotension at enrollment or inclusion visit

  • Known hypersensitivity to 1 of the constituents of the study drugs

  • Is participating in another clinical trial

Interventions Experimental: Permixon 160 mg and placebo
Drug: Permixon 160 mg. Oral administration, 160 mg twice daily
Drug: placebo matching Permixon 160 mg. Oral administration, twice daily
Drug: placebo matching Tamsulosine LP. Oral administration, daily
Placebo comparator: placebo
Drug: placebo matching Permixon 160 mg. Oral administration, twice daily
Drug: placebo matching Tamsulosine LP. Oral administration, daily
Tamsulosine LP and placebo: active control arm
Drug: Tamsulosine LP. Oral administration, 0.4 mg daily
Drug: placebo matching Permixon 160 mg. Oral administration, twice daily
Outcomes IPSS score change from baseline to 180 days
Starting date Completed study (unpublished)
Contact information Study Director: Karim Keddad, MD (Pierre Fabre Medicament)
No other contact information available.
Notes  

DRE: digital rectal examination; IPSS: International Prostate Symptom Score; LUTS: lower urinary tract symptoms; QoL: quality of life