Enhanced Clinical Decisions for Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Using Patient-Reported Outcomes

Description

The goal of this project is to use newly developed patient-reported outcomes to improve the clinical care of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The use of new patient-centered tools will improve evaluation and clinical decision-making by including symptoms not commonly measured in men, such as urinary incontinence, and allow for more frequent assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms through remote surveillance. Through the use of care-coordination checklists, clinicians can be more responsive to post-treatment symptom changes, resulting in reduced bother from lower urinary tract symptoms and higher quality of life in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Conditions

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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Study overview

The goal of this project is to use newly developed patient-reported outcomes to improve the clinical care of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The use of new patient-centered tools will improve evaluation and clinical decision-making by including symptoms not commonly measured in men, such as urinary incontinence, and allow for more frequent assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms through remote surveillance. Through the use of care-coordination checklists, clinicians can be more responsive to post-treatment symptom changes, resulting in reduced bother from lower urinary tract symptoms and higher quality of life in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Enhanced Clinical Decisions for Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Using Patient-Reported Outcomes

Enhanced Clinical Decisions for Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Using Patient-Reported Outcomes

Condition
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Glenview

NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Glenview, Illinois, United States, 60026

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Male sex
  • 2. Age 50 years or older
  • 3. Diagnosed by physician with BPH
  • 4. Able and willing to complete questionnaires
  • 5. Able and willing to provide informed consent
  • 6. Ability to read, write, and speak in English
  • 7. No plans to move from study area in next 6 months
  • 1. Female sex or intersex
  • 2. Younger than 50 years of age
  • 3. Being a prisoner or detainee
  • 4. Gross hematuria
  • 5. Interstitial cystitis
  • 6. Pelvic or endoscopic genitourinary surgery within the preceding 6 months (not including diagnostic cystoscopy)
  • 7. History of cystitis caused by tuberculosis, radiation therapy, or Cytoxan/cyclophosphamide therapy
  • 8. Ongoing symptomatic urethral stricture
  • 9. Current chemotherapy or other cancer therapy
  • 10. History of lower urinary tract or pelvic malignancy
  • 11. Severe neurological of psychiatric disorder that would prevent study participation (e.g., bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder, Alzheimer's Disease)
  • 12. Current moderate or severe substance use disorder

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Northwestern University,

James W. Griffith, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Alexander P. Glaser, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology

Abigail R. Smith, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northwestern University

Study Record Dates

2026-08