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Effects of electroacupuncture on benign prostate hyperplasia patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial
Yu JS, Shen KH, Chen WC, Her JS, Hsieh CL
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011;(303198):Epub
clinical trial
6/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: Yes; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

We tested the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients. A total of 42 BPH patients with LUTS were randomly assigned to either the EA group (EG), received 2 Hz EA for 20 min twice/week for a total of twelve treatments, or a sham EA group (CG), received sham EA. The increase of voiding volume, average flow rate, and maximal flow rate in the EG were 32.2 +/- 104.4 mL, 1.2 +/- 1.6 mL/sec, and 2.3 +/- 3.7 mL/sec, respectively, from baseline value (before EA) using the measurement of an uroflowmetry. These increases were greater than -37.9 +/- 120.4, -0.22 +/- 2.7, and -0.3 +/- 4.3, respectively, in the CG (p = 0.038, 0.026, and 0.030, respectively). The changes of prostate special antigen and international prostatic symptom score were not significantly different between two groups (p = 0.573, 0.175, respectively), suggesting the clinical improvement of 2 Hz EA was quite limited to the LUTS of patients with BPH.

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