A study on the natural history of hematuria associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and the effect of finasteride / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of finasteride on hematuria associated with benign prostate hyperplasia. Methods We evaluated 61 patients with intermittent hematuria who were randomized to a finasteride treated group or control group.Routine urinoscopy was carried out once a week in all the 61 patients. Results In the untreated control group hematuria recurred in 20/31 within a year but in only 7/28 in the finasteride group,which was a statistically significant difference (P