Enroll in a clinical trial!
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:22 am
This is a reminder to everyone that you can do a lot for your own health condition and for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome research by enrolling in a clinical trial. You can find clinical trials in your area by going to ClinicalTrials.gov, and searching for "prostatitis", "chronic pelvic pain", "interstitial cystitis", "overactive bladder", or other conditions that may affect you.
Clinical trials for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome can consist of either trying a medical treatment under supervision (there is currently one comparing the effectiveness of the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol to Swedish massage), or simply giving a urine/saliva sample for analysis. I have enrolled in several trials; they have all been simple to complete, and I got free medical attention from some of the biggest experts in the field, who actually cared about treating me, since I was helping them.
CPPS research studies are slowed down because often, chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome researchers aren't able to find enough patients to participate in their studies. The easiest way to help bring about a cure for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome is to flood these research studies with participants. If you have questions about a particular clinical trial, and want to hear other opinions on the safety/effectiveness of the treatment, feel free to ask, and someone on this board should be able to help you.
Again, the URL is ClinicalTrials.gov.
Also, if you know of research studies that are not listed on clinicaltrials.gov, let us know and we'll put up the link.
Clinical trials for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome can consist of either trying a medical treatment under supervision (there is currently one comparing the effectiveness of the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol to Swedish massage), or simply giving a urine/saliva sample for analysis. I have enrolled in several trials; they have all been simple to complete, and I got free medical attention from some of the biggest experts in the field, who actually cared about treating me, since I was helping them.
CPPS research studies are slowed down because often, chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome researchers aren't able to find enough patients to participate in their studies. The easiest way to help bring about a cure for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome is to flood these research studies with participants. If you have questions about a particular clinical trial, and want to hear other opinions on the safety/effectiveness of the treatment, feel free to ask, and someone on this board should be able to help you.
Again, the URL is ClinicalTrials.gov.
Also, if you know of research studies that are not listed on clinicaltrials.gov, let us know and we'll put up the link.