@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Chad A. Reichard, Irene Makovey, Daniel A. Shoskes},
TITLE = {Phenotype, symptom severity and treatment in a “cured” cohort of chronic pelvic pain  syndrome patients},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {22},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {7623--7626},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v22n1/61301},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {<b>Introduction: </b>To identify a cohort of chronic pelvic pain 
syndrome (CPPS) patients who considered their symptoms 
completely resolved and analyze their demographics, 
clinical phenotype, treatments and NIH-Chronic Prostatitis 
Symptom Index (CPSI) scores.<br/>
<b>Materials and methods:</b> We identified 35 CPPS patients 
who at the follow up, reported their symptoms completely 
resolved (“cured”). Demographics, UPOINT phenotypes, 
treatments, and CPSI scores were examined. We also 
compared these variables to a database of 220 previously 
evaluated CPPS patients.<br/>
<b>Results: </b>Patients ranged in age from 19 to 72 years. Median 
follow up was 12 months. Mean change in CPSI sub scores 
before and after therapy were pain 9.7 ± 3.8 to 2.7 ± 2.9, 
urinary 4.0 ± 2.8 to 1.1 ± 1.2, QoL 8.1 ± 2.7 to 2.3 ± 2.5, 
and total 21.8 ± 6.6 to 6.2 ± 1.0 (all p < 0.0001). Only 9 
(26%) patients reported a total score of 0. Comparing this 
“cured” group to a previously published cohort of phenotyped 
CPPS patients, the “cured” group had lower starting total 
and pain CPSI scores (21.8 versus 25.0 p = 0.007; 9.7 versus 
11.5 p = 0.006 respectively). <br/>
<b>Conclusions:</b> Many men with CPPS can reach a subjective 
cure, however, the majority do not reach a CPSI score of 
0. This group of “cured” patients is similar to our typical 
tertiary referral cohort in terms of age and phenotype but 
differs in having slightly lower pre-treatment CPSI scores.},
DOI = {}
}