Tadalafil 5 mg once daily for the treatment of Asian men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: analyses of data pooled from three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Assess the efficacy and safety of tadalafil 5 mg once-daily in Asian men with lower urinary tract symptoms by pooling data from three clinical studies.
METHODS: Data on 1199 Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese men given tadalafil 5 mg (n = 601) or placebo (n = 598) were pooled from three double-blind, placebo-controlled, 12-week studies. Efficacy measures included International Prostate Symptom Score, and Patient and Clinician Global Impressions of Improvement. These measures were also assessed for patient subgroups (age categories, baseline disease severity and/or prostate volume, prior alpha-blocker treatment). Safety measures included adverse events, including those in selected body systems. Efficacy measure changes throughout treatment were assessed by mixed-effect model repeated-measures analysis; baseline to end-point changes for the total population and subgroups were evaluated by analysis of covariance.
RESULTS: Tadalafil 5 mg led to significant improvement (vs placebo) in all International Prostate Symptom Scores at all time-points (week 4 P ≤ 0.013 for all measures; week 8 P ≤ 0.005, week 12 P < 0.001). End-point results for both global impressions scales also favored tadalafil (both P < 0.001 vs placebo). Tadalafil efficacy was similar between patient subgroups of varied disease severity (interaction P = 0.097), prior alpha-blocker use (P = 0.580), and prostate volume (P = 0.921). The drug was slightly less effective in older men (interaction P = 0.042).…
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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: 601 participants or records.
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