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
Locations
2Sponsors and collaborators
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari
Lead sponsor