Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:10 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:10 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01757769
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Clinical diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) by the urologist;
* Male subjects aged 60 years or older;
* IPSS total score equal or more than 12 at Visit 1 (Screening) and 2 (Baseline);
* Able to comply with protocol procedures;
* Written informed consent obtained before beginning any investigational procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients;
* Patients for whom cataract surgery is scheduled;
* History of orthostatic hypotension or syncope;
* Moderate or severe renal impairment (CLCR \<50 ml/min, as estimated by the Cockcroft Gault formula);
* Severe hepatic impairment;
* Concomitant use of other α-adrenoreceptor antagonists or natural/herbal products known to have an effect on LUTS (e.g. saw palmetto - serenoa serrulate/repens) . Patients already on treatment with those drugs may be enrolled after a 4 week wash-out period before Visit 2 (baseline);
* Concomitant use with potent cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitors, such as ketoconazole, itraconazole or ritonavir (possible pharmacokinetic interaction);
* Prostate cancer;
* History of prostate or bladder neck surgery, including transurethral prostatectomy, TUNA, laser or other minimally invasive therapy;
* Active urinary tract infection;
* Acute or recurrent prostatitis (more than 3 times in the last year);
* History of neurological disease that may affect bladder function;
* Unstable cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease (including acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, by-pass, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, congestive heart failure class III-IV, stroke, transient ischemic attack and episodes of cardiac arrhythmia requiring treatment in the last 6 months);
* History or current evidence of drug or alcohol abuse within the last 12 months;
* Participation in a study involving the administration of an investigational compound within the past 30 days;
* Any other condition which, in the investigator's judgement, renders the subject unable to complete the study or increases the risk to the subject or which prevents optimal participation in achieving the objectives of the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
MALE
Minimum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT01757769
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01757769