Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Dec 23;100(51):e28437. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028437.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a non-malignant enlargement of the prostate gland that is common in older men. The clinical manifestations of BPH are frequent urination, urgency, incomplete dribbling of urine, and urinary retention. Moxibustion, as a convenient, safe and effective method, has been widely applied in the clinical treatment of BPH. The study aim to assess the efficacy and safety of moxibustion for BPH.
The following electronic databases will be searched regardless of language and publication status: Pubmed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, China Biomedical Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Database, and Wanfang Database, to select studies that meet the requirements. The study will consist of a prospective randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of moxibustion in the treatment of BPH, language of publication does not have barrier of blinding or restrictions, adverse events will be assessed and reported for safety assessment. Two reviewers will independently conduct and screen all included studies and the meta-analysis will be performed with RevMan V5.3.
The study will provide a high-quality convincing assessment of efficacy and safety of moxibustion for BPH.
The conclusion of this study will provide the latest evidence for judging whether moxibustion is effective and safe in the treatment of BPH.
INPLASY2021120021.
良性前列腺增生（BPH）是一种常见于老年男性的前列腺非恶性增大。BPH 的临床表现为尿频、尿急、尿不尽和尿潴留。艾灸作为一种方便、安全、有效的方法，已广泛应用于 BPH 的临床治疗。本研究旨在评估艾灸治疗 BPH 的疗效和安全性。
无论语言和出版状态如何，都将在以下电子数据库中进行检索：Pubmed、MEDLINE、EMBASE、中国生物医学文献数据库、中国知网、VIP 数据库和万方数据库，以选择符合要求的研究。该研究将包括艾灸治疗 BPH 的前瞻性随机对照临床试验（RCT），发表语言没有盲法或限制的障碍，将评估和报告不良反应以进行安全性评估。两名评审员将独立进行并筛选所有纳入的研究，并使用 RevMan V5.3 进行荟萃分析。
该研究将对艾灸治疗 BPH 的疗效和安全性进行高质量的令人信服的评估。
本研究的结论将为判断艾灸治疗 BPH 的有效性和安全性提供最新证据。
INPLASY2021120021。
