Clinical trial NCT00970632: A Study of Tadalafil in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Official title: A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Design, Global Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tadalafil Once Daily Dosing for 12 Weeks in Men With Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Lead sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-09-02
Enrollment: 511
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether an experimental drug known as tadalafil given once daily can reduce the symptoms associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (straining, urinary frequency, feeling like your bladder is still full etc.)


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Men 45 years of age or older with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also referred to as BPH-lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on the disease diagnostic criteria at the start of study.
* Provide signed informed consent at the start of the study.
* Agree not to use any other approved or experimental pharmacologic BPH, overactive bladder (OAB), or erectile dysfunction (ED) treatments anytime during the study.
* Have not taken finasteride therapy for at least 3 months before study drug is dispensed and dutasteride therapy for at least 6 months before study drug is dispensed.
* Have not taken other BPH therapy (including herbal preparations), OAB therapy, ED therapy for at least 4 weeks prior to study drug is dispensed.
* Have LUTS with a total International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) greater than or equal to 13 when study drug is dispensed.
* Have reduced urine flow (measured by special toilet equipment).
* Demonstrate compliance with study drug administration requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Treated with nitrates
* Have unstable angina or angina that requires treatment.
* Have had any of the following in the past 90 days: Heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction (MI); Heart bypass surgery (called coronary artery bypass graft surgery); Had a procedure to open up blood vessels in the heart known as angioplasty or stent placement (percutaneous coronary intervention).
* Have very high or very low blood pressure.
* Have certain neurological conditions associated with bladder problems or injuries to brain or spinal cord within a specified time of starting this study.
* Have uncontrolled diabetes.
* Have prostate cancer, are being treated for cancer.
* Have prostate specific antigen (PSA) greater than 10 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) at the start of study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline in Total International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline in Total International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) at 4 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) Storage (Irritative) Subscore at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) Voiding (Obstructive) Subscore at 12 Weeks.
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) Nocturia Question at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) Quality of Life (QoL) Index at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Modified International Prostate Symptom Score (mIPSS) at 1 Week
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 week
measure: Change From Baseline in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Impact Index (BII) at 4 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Impact Index (BII) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Clinician Global Impression of Improvement (CGI-I) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Treatment Satisfaction Scale - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (TSS-BPH) at 12 Weeks: Overall
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Erectile Function (EF) Domain at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Peak Urine Flow Rate (Q-Max) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Mean Urine Flow Rate (Q-Mean) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Volume of Voided Urine (V-Comp) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
measure: Change From Baseline in Postvoid Residual Volume (PVR) at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Adelaide
country: Australia
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state: South Australia
city: Bentleigh East
country: Australia
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state: Victoria
city: Bunbury
country: Australia
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state: Western Australia
city: Nedlands
country: Australia
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city: Salzburg
country: Austria
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city: Vienna
country: Austria
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city: Brussels
country: Belgium
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city: Gent
country: Belgium
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city: Liege
country: Belgium
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city: Garches
country: France
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city: Nice
country: France
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city: Orleans
country: France
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city: Paris
country: France
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city: Pierre Benite
country: France
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city: Suresnes
country: France
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city: Bad Rappenau
country: Germany
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city: Bad Wiessee
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city: Hannover
country: Germany
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city: Leipzig
country: Germany
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city: Marburg
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city: Muehlacker
country: Germany
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city: Oranienburg
country: Germany
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city: Heraklion
country: Greece
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city: Ioannina
country: Greece
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city: Larissa
country: Greece
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city: Patras
country: Greece
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city: Thessaloniki
country: Greece
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city: Bergamo
country: Italy
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city: Cagliari
country: Italy
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city: Firenze
country: Italy
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city: Napoli
country: Italy
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city: Sassari
country: Italy
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city: Monterrey
country: Mexico
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city: Morelia
country: Mexico
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city: Saltillo
country: Mexico
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city: Zapopan
country: Mexico
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city: Arnhem
country: Netherlands
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city: Breda
country: Netherlands
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city: S-Hertogenbosch
country: Netherlands
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city: Tilburg
country: Netherlands
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city: Veldhoven
country: Netherlands
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city: Bialystok
country: Poland
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city: Kutno
country: Poland
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city: Warsaw
country: Poland
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Study officials:
affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company
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role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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