A retrospective analysis comparing persistence and adherence to treatment with free- vs fixed-dose combination of an alpha blocker and an antimuscarinic agent in men with LUTS in Spain.

Introduction: Combination therapy with an alpha blocker (AB) plus an antimuscarinic (AM) is recommended for men with moderate-to-severe mixed lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) when monotherapy is not effective in relieving storage symptoms. This study compared treatment persistence and adherence with an AB plus AM fixed-dose combination (FDC) vs an AB plus AM free-dose combination in men with LUTS in Spain.

Methods: Retrospective study using the Spanish IQVIA Cegedim Electronic Medical Records database.

[IPSS storage score as a predictive tool of quality of life improvement to apply in therapeutic interventions.].

Objectives: The questionnaire International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is well known and used in clinical practice as diagnostic tool and allows for obtaining a total score regarding the severity of the urinary symptoms. The objective of this analysis is to determine if the IPSS storage score (sum of the punctuation of the questions 2, 4 and 7) could be a predictive variable of the impact on quality of life.

Materials And Methods: Post-hoc analysis of an epidemiological, multicenter, cross-sectional study inmale patients, ≥18 years old with ≥6 micturitions and≥1 urgency and/or ≥2 nocturia and/or ≥1 daily incontinence episodes recruited by 291 urologists across Spain.