Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Clinical Trial- Ciprofloxacin and Tamsulosin

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2003-08-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Although the cause of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is unknown, physicians sometimes try to treat it with antibiotics or alpha-receptor blockers.

In this multicenter, double-blind factorial trial, 196 men with moderately severe CP/CPPS were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of treatment with ciprofloxacin, tamsulosin, both drugs, or placebo. Neither ciprofloxacin nor tamsulosin substantively reduced symptoms.

Ciprofloxacin and tamsulosin were not effective treatments for CP/CPPS. Patients had long-standing, refractory CP/CPPS and received trial treatments for only 6 weeks. Patients with new diagnoses who are given longer courses of the trial treatments might respond differently.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Treatments: Ciprofloxacin; Tamsulosin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• The study population will consist of men with symptoms of discomfort or pain in the pelvic region for at least a 3-month period within the previous 6 months. Candidates must have at least a "moderate" overall score on the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI), defined as 15 or more points of a potential of 0 to 43 points.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical History and Comorbid Conditions: Prostate, bladder, or urethral cancer, seizure disorder. Concurrent history of Inflammatory bowel disease; active urethral stricture; neurologic disease or disorder affecting the bladder; liver disease; neurologic impairment or psychiatric disorder preventing understanding of consent and ability to comply with protocol. Diagnosed with or treated for symptomatic genital herpes in the prior 12 months.

• Urinary tract infection, with a urine culture value of greater than 100,000 colony forming units (CFU)/mL; clinical evidence of urethritis, including urethral discharge or positive culture, diagnostic of sexually transmitted diseases (including gonorrhea, chlamydia, mycoplasma or trichomonas, but not including HIV/AIDS); symptoms of acute or chronic epididymitis in the prior 3 months.

• Prior Treatment: Pelvic radiation, systemic chemotherapy; intravesical chemotherapy; intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP), transurethral Incision or Resection of the Bladder Neck (TUIBN), transurethral microwave therapy (TUMT), transurethral needle ablation (TUNA), balloon dilation of the prostate, open prostatectomy or any other prostate surgery or treatment such as cryotherapy or thermal therapy; prior treatment for orchialgia without pelvic symptoms; known allergy or sensitivity to ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, tamsulosin hydrochloride, or any of their known components. Prostate biopsy in the prior 3 months.

• Prior or Concurrent Medications: Concurrent use of Theophylline; on-going use of magnesium, aluminum, or calcium-containing antacids. Initiated or stopped finasteride or other androgen hormone inhibitors in the prior 6 months. Tamsulosin hydrochloride, doxazosin mesylate, terazosin HCl, or alpha-blockers; ciprofloxacin hydrochloride; antimicrobial agents (oral or parenteral); started, stopped, or changed dose level of any prostatitis-specific medications in the prior 4 weeks.

• Bioflavonoid agents; zinc or iron supplements; cimetidine in the prior 2 weeks