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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00422708
Date of registration: 15/01/2007
Primary sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Public title: Local Anesthesia for Prostate Biopsy
Scientific title: Local Anesthesia for Prostate Biopsy: Effects on Pain Control, Quality of Life, and Surgical Intervention
Date of first enrolment: June 2006
Target sample size: 243
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00422708
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Richard A. Ashley, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Our study will not exclude patients based on age or race. Any male patient seen in our
clinic with the following conditions that warrant and consent to transrectal needle biopsy
of the prostate would be recruited for this study:

1. Elevated serum PSA

2. Hypoechoic nodule incidentally discovered on transrectal ultrasound for other
purposes

3. Abnormal digital rectal exam (DRE)

The following exclusion criteria must be in place to prevent complications and
interference with data interpretation:

1. Patients taking narcotics on a routine basis

2. Patients on Coumadin therapy

3. Patients with ano-rectal disease

4. Patients with history of prostatitis, pelvic pain, pelvic floor tension myalgia, or
other pain syndromes

5. Patients with active prostate abscess or urinary tract infection

6. Patients with allergy to local anesthetic



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prostate Cancer
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Local anesthesia
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain contol
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes to bowel function
Changes to sexual function
Changes to voiding function
Impact on surgical treatment
Secondary ID(s)
1608-05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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