Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Patients With Erectile Dysfunction

NCT ID: NCT02005731

Last Updated: 2014-06-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-11-30

Brief Summary

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This is a prospective, pilot study for assessing the safety and efficacy of the treatments performed with Renova (LI-ESWT) on symptomatic ED patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Shockwaves

Low intensity linear focused shockwave device ('Renova')

Low intensity linear focused shockwave device ('Renova')

Intervention Type DEVICE

Interventions

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Low intensity linear focused shockwave device ('Renova')

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Good general health
* Vasculogenic ED for at least 6 months
* International Index of Erectile Function 6 (IIEF-EF) between 11 to 25
* Positive response to PDE5-I (able to penetrate on demand, Responders)
* Negative response to PDE5-I (unable to penetrate on demand even with maximum PDE5-I dosage,Non-responders)
* Stable heterosexual relationship for more than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Psychogenic ED
* Neurological pathology
* Hormonal pathology
* Past radical prostatectomy
* Recovering from cancer during last 5 years
* Any unstable medical, psychiatric, spinal cord injury and penile anatomical - abnormalities
* Clinically significant chronic hematological disease
* Anti-androgens, oral or injectable androgens
* Radiotherapy in pelvic region
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Initia

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cobi Reisman, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Men's Health Clinic, Amstelland Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Locations

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Urologickaambulance

Brno, , Czechia

Site Status

Amber Clinic

KlaipÄ—da, , Lithuania

Site Status

Men's Health Clinic, Amstelland Hospital

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Urology and Andrology Center, Red Crescent Hospital (RCH)

Ramallah, , Palestinian Territories

Site Status

Countries

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Czechia Lithuania Netherlands Palestinian Territories

References

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Vardi Y, Appel B, Jacob G, Massarwi O, Gruenwald I. Can low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy improve erectile function? A 6-month follow-up pilot study in patients with organic erectile dysfunction. Eur Urol. 2010 Aug;58(2):243-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.04.004. Epub 2010 May 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20451317 (View on PubMed)

Goyal NK, Garg M, Goel A. Re: Does low intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy have a physiological effect on erectile function? Short-term results of a randomized, double-blind, sham controlled study: Y. Vardi, B. Appel, A. Kilchevsky and I. Gruenwald. J Urol 2012; 187: 1769-1775. J Urol. 2012 Nov;188(5):2018-9. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.07.052. Epub 2012 Sep 20. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22999553 (View on PubMed)

Rosen RC, Cappelleri JC, Gendrano N 3rd. The International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF): a state-of-the-science review. Int J Impot Res. 2002 Aug;14(4):226-44. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900857.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12152111 (View on PubMed)

Rosen RC, Allen KR, Ni X, Araujo AB. Minimal clinically important differences in the erectile function domain of the International Index of Erectile Function scale. Eur Urol. 2011 Nov;60(5):1010-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.07.053. Epub 2011 Jul 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21855209 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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LSWT-004-EU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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