Real World Data on Management of Male LUTS

Boehringer Ingelheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03075449

527.87

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will describe the current medical care given to men who discuss their lower urinary tract symptoms with a HCP. It will document the primary reasons for the visit, the baseline characteristics of these men, the treatment received, and the practice patterns of specifically a primary care physician managing these patients.

Enrollment: 201 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males, aged ≥18 years old.
• Having had discussion of urinary symptoms with their PCP between 15 days and 12 months prior to the date of the phone interview.
• Able to read, speak and understand English.
• Willing to provide informed consent for study participation, authorize the release of their previous 12-month medical records from their PCP for review and de-identified data entry by Mapi into an electronic study database.

Exclusion criteria

• Reported during screening that they had had their first-ever discussion of urinary symptoms with PCP within the 14 days prior to the date of the phone interview.
• Participation in a clinical research study that evaluated urinary symptoms in the past 12 months.
• Self-reported history of colorectal, bladder or prostate cancer.
• Self-reported neurologic disorders that affect bladder function, e.g., neurogenic bladder disorders due to spinal cord injury/disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons disease.
• Self-reported history of radiation therapy to the lower abdominal and/or pelvic region.