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NCT04726748: ECOLIFT
Economic Evaluation of Prostatic Urethral Lift
trial testing Comparisons between the Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) and the TURP/Laser cohorts in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in 1,360 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.
9 December 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University Hospital, Bordeaux |
|---|---|
| Status | Active, enrolled |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 1,360 |
| Start date | 8 April 2021 |
| Primary completion | 9 December 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 12 December 2025 |
| Sites | 6 locations across France |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Comparisons between the Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) and the TURP/Laser cohorts
- Comparison between the Prostatic urethral lift (PUL) and the SNDS cohorts
Conditions studied
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia — all drugs for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia →
Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Who can join
50 and older, male only, with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Prostatic urethral lift (Urolift) has been developed as a minimally invasive alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate with no need of general anaesthesia, less need of urinary catheter and less exposure to post-operative complication. Its efficacy and safety have been assessed by 2 clinical randomized trials with evidence of urinary symptom improvement remaining inferior to TURP but durable for 5 years. Urolift preserved overall quality of life better than TURP. Urolift has been recommended by the European Association of Urology guidelines and recognized by French authorities but cannot be financed by the hospital itself. Reimbursement of the implants by healthcare system is therefore needed for the distribution of Urolift in France. The additional cost of the implants could be compensated by a reduced length of hospital stay and a lower rate of post-operative complications inducing healthcare expenditures. This study aims to assess if Urolift could be a cost-effective therapeutic strategy compared to transurethral surgery with 2 phases design: a field study comparing patients treated with Urolift to those treated with TURP/laser during 1 year follow-up, and an additional study comparing healthcare consumptions during 3 years follow-up between each group using data of the French National Claims Database (SNDS database).
Publications & conference data
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04726748 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University Hospital, Bordeaux
- Last refreshed: 22 June 2025
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