Low-intensity Shockwave Therapy for Non-bacterial Prostatitis/Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Launched by INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF UROLOGICAL DISEASES, GREECE · May 20, 2018

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Participant must 18 to 60 years of age.
• • 2. Participant has signed and dated the appropriate Informed Consent document.
• • 3. Participant has had a clinical diagnosis of CP/CPPS defined as symptoms of discomfort or pain in the perineal or pelvic region for at least a three (3) month period within the last six (6) months
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Participant has evidence of facultative Gram negative or enterococcus with a value of ≥ 1000 CFU/ml in mid-stream urine (VB2).
• • 2. Participant has a history of prostate, bladder or urethral cancer.
• • 3. Participant has undergone pelvic radiation or systemic chemotherapy.
• • 4. Participant has undergone intravesical chemotherapy.
• • 5. Participant has unilateral orchialgia without pelvic symptoms, active urethral stricture or bladder stones, or any other urological condition associated with LUTS, any neurological disease or disorder affecting the bladder.
• • 6. Participant has undergone prostate surgery or treatment.
• • 7. Participant with penile or urinary sphincter implants.
• • 8. Participant has been diagnosed with cancer during the last 5 years, or had any surgery in the pelvis.
• • 9. Participant has a neurological impairment or psychiatric disorder preventing his understanding of consent and his ability to comply with the protocol.
• • 10. PI-RADS score 4-5 in the baseline prostate mpMRI
• • 11. PI-RADS score 3, PSA\>3 and age \> 40 years
• • 12. Positive (suspicious for malignancy) DRE.