PMID: 7542161Mar 1, 1995Paper

Response criteria for the therapeutic efficacy of treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia

International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Y HommaY Aso

Abstract

Response criteria for the therapeutic efficacy of treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were proposed following the International Consultation on BPH held in 1993. In the present study, we validated the criteria and proposed a simplified form, which consists of the responses of three parameters: symptom score and quality of life assessed by the international prostate symptom score and the maximum flow rate. Each of the three individual parameters is evaluated as one of four response grades: excellent, good, fair or poor, and the number of response grade of the three parameters determines the overall response. Excellent and Good responses are regarded as effective, and fair and poor are regarded as not effective. The validity of the response criteria was assessed by comparing the responses determined by these criteria with those made by physicians in charge using a group of 225 patients receiving various treatments. The agreement rates on effectiveness of overall responses between the response criteria and physicians were 77% for a multicenter trial of medical treatment (n = 94), 100% for TURP (n = 23), 92% for laser treatment (n = 47), 80% for thermal treatment (n = 26) and 78% for alpha-blockers (n = 35), respectiv...Continue Reading

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Jul 1, 1996·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·Y HommaY Ohashi
Nov 1, 1996·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·O YoshidaY Arai
Aug 13, 1999·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·K NamikiM Miki
Jul 1, 1995·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·K NakamuraH Tozaki
Jul 1, 1995·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·T UchidaO Yoshida
Jul 1, 1995·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·A TeraiO Yoshida
May 13, 1998·British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·A Rane

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