Chronic prostatitis collaborative clinical studies

慢性前列腺炎/慢性盆腔疼痛综合征是影响男性的一种常见但知之甚少的疾病 所有年龄段的人。几十年来，感染一直主导着人们对这种疾病的看法。然而，越来越多的 有证据表明，感染会导致显著的 患者比例。这些新信息大部分是由慢性前列腺炎协作组开发的 研究网络(CPCRN)，一个为期六年的项目，代表了美国国立卫生研究院资助的第一个关于 慢性前列腺炎。这项应用的长期目标是继续参与慢性 前列腺炎合作研究网络。此外，我们还将与研究人员合作 伞下型间质性膀胱炎与泌尿系慢性盆腔疼痛综合征协同 组。我们描述了我们中心在过去7年中在慢性疾病研究中的活动 前列腺炎/慢性盆腔疼痛综合征和描述临床和研究基础设施和经验 我们建议继续应用于慢性前列腺炎/慢性盆腔疼痛综合征的研究 这个合作小组的成员。

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a common but poorly understood condition affecting men of all ages. Infection has dominated the thinking about this disease for decades. However, a growing body of evidence provides significant challenge to the notion that infection contributes to symptoms in a significant proportion of patients. Much of this new information was developed by the Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network (CPCRN), a six year project representing the first NIH-funded collaborative study of chronic prostatitis. The long-term goal of this application is the continuation of our involvement in the Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network. In addition, we will collaborate with investigators studying interstitial cystitis under an umbrella group, the Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes Collaborative Group. We describe the activities at our center over the past 7 years in the study of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and describe the clinical and research infrastructure and experitise that we propose to continue to apply to the study of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome as part of this cooperative group.