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. 2021 Jul 15;2021(7):CD013656. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013656.pub2

ACTRN12617001235392.

Study name PAE for patients with LUTS due to BPH
Methods Study design: parallel randomized controlled trial (open label)
Setting/Country: single center / New Zealand
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Men were willing, able and mentally competent to provide written consent

  • Men aged 40 years or older

  • Men with LUTS (IPSS > 8, QoL > 3)

  • Men with prostate gland > 40 mL on transabdominal ultrasound

  • Men with vascular anatomy that in the opinion of the Interventional radiologist is amenable to PAE as assessed on CTA

  • Men with adequate laboratory parameters: platelets > 100, INR < 1.5, bilirubin < 2, albumin > 2.5, estimated glomerular filtration rate > 60

Interventions Group A: PAE
Group B: TURP
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Change in IPSS

  • Successful trial of voiding after removal catheter


Secondary outcomes
  • Patient satisfaction evaluations as assessed by the IPSS

Starting date August 2017
Contact information martin.krauss@cdhb.health.nz
Notes Sponsor: Christchurch hospital