MAPS (Men After Prostate Surgery) : Conservative Treatment for Men With Urinary Incontinence After Prostate Surgery; Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Biofeedback [MAPS]
Abstract
RATIONALE: Personalized training by a health professional may improve urinary incontinence. It is not yet known whether pelvic floor muscle training and biofeedback are more effective than standard therapy in improving urinary continence after radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying pelvic floor muscle training and biofeedback to see how well it works compared with standard therapy in men who have undergone radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection.
Conditions: Nonmalignant Neoplasm, Prostate Cancer, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment, Sexual Dysfunction, Urinary Incontinence.
Primary outcome: Subjective report of urinary continence at 12 months; Incremental cost per quality-adjusted year.
Enrollment: 800 participants.
How strong is the evidence?
Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 800 participants or records.
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