Pilot Trial Of Urinary Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) As Biomarker for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Summary

A single center, pilot trial using tamsulosin and solifenacin in 10 men with symptomatic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Subjects will be evaluated at baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months for urinary NGF, urine creatinine, NGF/CR ratio and patient reported outcomes through questionnaires.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2014-07

Completion

2014-07

Publications

• Background McVary KT. 2010 AUA Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Clinical Guidelines. Panel Chair, AUA News 2010; 15 (3) 10 - 11.
• Background Chapple CR, Roehrborn CG. A shifted paradigm for the further understanding, evaluation, and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men: focus on the bladder. Eur Urol. 2006 Apr;49(4):651-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.02.018. Epub 2006 Feb 17.
• Background Kaplan SA. New data on Tolterodine: Do recent findings dispel questions about treating overactive bladder in men? Eur Urology 2007; Suppl 6: 10-16.
• Background Lee JY, Kim HW, Lee SJ, Koh JS, Suh HJ, Chancellor MB. Comparison of doxazosin with or without tolterodine in men with symptomatic bladder outlet obstruction and an overactive bladder. BJU Int. 2004 Oct;94(6):817-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05039.x.
• Background Kaplan SA, Roehrborn CG, Rovner ES, Carlsson M, Bavendam T, Guan Z. Tolterodine and tamsulosin for treatment of men with lower urinary tract symptoms and overactive bladder: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2006 Nov 15;296(19):2319-28. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.19.2319.
• Background Kaplan SA, Roehrborn CG, Chancellor M, Carlsson M, Bavendam T, Guan Z. Extended-release tolterodine with or without tamsulosin in men with lower urinary tract symptoms and overactive bladder: effects on urinary symptoms assessed by the International Prostate Symptom Score. BJU Int. 2008 Nov;102(9):1133-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07761.x. Epub 2008 May 26.
• Background Kaplan SA, Goldfischer ER, Steers WD, Gittelman M, Andoh M, Forero-Schwanhaeuser S. Solifenacin treatment in men with overactive bladder: effects on symptoms and patient-reported outcomes. Aging Male. 2010 Jun;13(2):100-7. doi: 10.3109/13685530903440408.
• Background Liu HT, Kuo HC. Urinary nerve growth factor level could be a potential biomarker for diagnosis of overactive bladder. J Urol. 2008 Jun;179(6):2270-4. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.146. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
• Background Yokoyama T, Kumon H, Nagai A. Correlation of urinary nerve growth factor level with pathogenesis of overactive bladder. Neurourol Urodyn. 2008;27(5):417-20. doi: 10.1002/nau.20519.
• Background Liu HT, Chancellor MB, Kuo HC. Decrease of urinary nerve growth factor levels after antimuscarinic therapy in patients with overactive bladder. BJU Int. 2009 Jun;103(12):1668-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08380.x. Epub 2009 Feb 11.
• Background Jacobs BL, Smaldone MC, Tyagi V, Philips BJ, Jackman SV, Leng WW, Tyagi P. Increased nerve growth factor in neurogenic overactive bladder and interstitial cystitis patients. Can J Urol. 2010 Feb;17(1):4989-94.
• Background Cardozo L, Hessdorfer E, Milani R, Arano P, Dewilde L, Slack M, Drogendijk T, Wright M, Bolodeoku J; SUNRISE Study Group. Solifenacin in the treatment of urgency and other symptoms of overactive bladder: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, rising-dose trial. BJU Int. 2008 Nov;102(9):1120-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07939.x. Epub 2008 Oct 6.
• Results Dmochowski RR, Gomelsky A. Overactive bladder in males. Ther Adv Urol. 2009 Oct;1(4):209-21. doi: 10.1177/1756287209350383.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.