Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Silodosin in the Treatment of the Signs and Symptoms of BPH

Summary

A new drug for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is compared with placebo and tamsulosin (a drug belonging to the same therapeutic class) for to determine if it is safe and effective (the first phase of the study lasts approximately 18 weeks) and then is used for another 9 months to determine its long-term safety.

Timeline

Start

2006-05

Primary completion

2007-05

Completion

2008-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The change from baseline in the IPSS total score with silodosin and tamsulosin was significantly superior to that with placebo (p<0.001): PMID 21109344 ↗

Publications

• Osman NI, Chapple CR, Tammela TL, Eisenhardt A, Oelke M. Open-label, 9-month extension study investigating the uro-selective alpha-blocker silodosin in men with LUTS associated with BPH. World J Urol. 2015 May;33(5):697-706. doi: 10.1007/s00345-015-1519-2. Epub 2015 Feb 25.
• Chapple CR, Montorsi F, Tammela TL, Wirth M, Koldewijn E, Fernandez Fernandez E; European Silodosin Study Group. Silodosin therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with suspected benign prostatic hyperplasia: results of an international, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled clinical trial performed in Europe. Eur Urol. 2011 Mar;59(3):342-52. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.10.046. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

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