Physical Therapy Trial for Pelvic Pain (UPPCRN-RCT#1)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Prostatitis; Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome; Interstitial Cystitis; Painful Bladder Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Global Therapeutic Massage (GTM); Other: Myofascial physical therapy (MPT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00434343

U01DK065209 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

UPPCRN RCT1 - PT

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a randomized trial of physical therapy for pelvic pain is feasible.

Full description

This is a pilot study wherein eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive either myofascial tissue manipulation or global therapeutic massage. Those receiving myofascial tissue manipulation will have targeted internal and external connective tissue manipulation focusing on the muscles and connective tissues of the pelvic floor, hip girdle, and abdomen. Those receiving global therapeutic massage will have non-specific somatic treatment with full-body Western massage.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female and male patients who have failed to respond to previous therapies for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
• male patients who have failed to respond to previous therapies for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• neurologic disorder affecting bladder
• bladder cancer, prostate cancer, or urethral cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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47 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Global Therapeutic Massage (GTM)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Weekly massages consisting of full body Western massage for 1hour.

Treatment:

Other: Global Therapeutic Massage (GTM)

Myofascial physical therapy (MPT)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Connective tissue manipulation to all body wall tissues of the abdominal wall, back, buttocks and thighs that clinically were found to contain connective tissue abnormalities and/or myofascial trigger point release to painful myofascial trigger points

Treatment:

Other: Myofascial physical therapy (MPT)