NCT06442020

Low Intensity Shock Wave Therapy in the Rehabilitation Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy.

Low Intensity Shock Wave Therapy in the Rehabilitation Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 158 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Regina Elena Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study deals with the hypothesis that LiESWT in addition to the administration of PDE5i can improve sexuality rehabilitation with faster recovery of a valid erection and higher IIEF-5 scores in the short and medium-term follow-up.

Detailed description

Prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to provide high level evidences describing the role of Low-intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy LiESWT plus early introduction of PDE5i vs early PDE5i alone on penile rehabilitation of erectile dysfunction ED after treatment of post-Robot-Assisted (RA) Radical Prostatectomy (RP) RARP

Conditions

• Erectile Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Tadalafil (PDE5i)	Tadalafil at a dose of 5mg/day

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-15
• Primary completion: 2025-09-15
• Completion: 2026-09-15
• First posted: 2024-06-04
• Last updated: 2024-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy