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Abstract
The efficacy of acupuncture to ameliorate nocturia in survivors of prostate cancer was assessed in a pilot randomized clinical trial (NOCTURNAL) conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the results were published in JAMA Oncology.
A total of 60 participants were enrolled in this study and included individuals with treated prostate cancer and no signs of disease who reported ≥2 episodes of nocturia per night in the previous month. Participants were randomized 2:1 to receive acupuncture or waiting list control (WLC; who received usual care for nocturia) for 10 weeks. At the end of treatment (week 10), individuals receiving acupuncture experienced a reduction in nocturia episodes to a greater extent than participants in the WLC group (–1.08 versus 0.05; 95% CI –1.56 to –0.71; P < 0.001). Reported International Prostate Symptom Score total scores were also higher in participants in the acupuncture versus the WLC group (–3.64 versus 0.12; 95% CI −6.07 to –1.44; P = 0.002).
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Nature Reviews Urology is part of the Nature Reviews portfolio of journals.Nature Reviews' basic, translational and clinical content is written by internationally renowned basic and clinical academics and researchers. This journal targeted readers in the biological and medical sciences, from the postgraduate level upwards, aiming to be accessible to professionals in any biological or medical discipline.
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