Study to Evaluate the Presence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Prostate Cancer Patients Scheduled to Receive Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) Analogues

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The intention of this study is to investigate how many patients with prostate cancer, planned to be treated with LHRH analogues without history of surgery or radiotherapy, are suffering from LUTS. In addition the effect of LHRH analogues on the improvement of theses primary LUTS symptoms over time will be investigated.

Official Title
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A Prospective Post Marketing Non Interventional Study to Evaluate the Presence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Prostate Cancer Patients Scheduled to Receive LHRH Analogues and to Evaluate the Effect of LHRH Analogues on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (ANALUTS Study)

Conditions
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Prostate Cancer

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult men with locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer scheduled to receive LHRH analogues. A patient who has completed an IPSS questionnaire in his last visit, before the start of LHRH analogues, will be able to participate in the study. This last visit has to be done 6 months before the baseline visit. Patients having provided written informed consent Patients mentally fit for completing a self-administered questionnaire Exclusion Criteria: Any surgical or radiotherapy treatment performed at prostate level before the entry of the study Patient with castrate levels of testosterone ( < 50 ng/dL) at his first IPSS questionnaire Patients who are also participating in any other clinical study within the last 2 months before study entry Life expectancy of less than 12 months
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The number of patients having Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) at baseline. |  | Baseline | 
| The percentage of patients suffering from prostate cancer with moderate to severe LUTS (International prostate symptom score (IPSS) >7) at baseline and having at least 3 points reduction of IPSS score at the end of study (48 weeks). |  | Week 48 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The percentage of patients suffering from prostate cancer with moderate to severe LUTS (score IPSS > 7) at baseline and having at least 3 points reduction of IPSS score at week 24. |  | Week 24 | 
| The correlation between IPSS score changes and total prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) changes after 24 weeks of treatment compared to baseline in patients with non-operable prostate cancer presenting moderate to severe LUTS (score IPSS >7) at baseline. | Assessed with the Pearson correlation coefficient | Week 24 | 
| The correlation between IPSS score changes and total PSA changes after 48 weeks of treatment compared to baseline in patients with non-operable prostate cancer presenting moderate to severe LUTS (score IPSS >7). | Assessed with the Pearson correlation coefficient | Week 48 | 
| Comparison of the percentage of patients presenting an IPSS ≥ 3 at week 24 to the percentage of patients presenting an IPSS ≥ 3 at baseline. | Assessed with the McNemar's test | Week 24 | 
| Comparison of the percentage of patients presenting an IPSS ≥ 3 at week 48 to the percentage of patients presenting an IPSS ≥ 3 at baseline. | Assessed with the McNemar's test | Week 48 |