Abstract

Objective: To report on a small group of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome treated with oral corticosteroids in order to suggest a hypothesis for a future randomised controlled trial.

Design: A retrospective, observational report.

Results: Three out of the four patients reported improvement in symptoms following steroid treatment.

Conclusions: These reports suggest that there is scope for conducting a randomised, placebo controlled study to investigate the role of oral corticosteroids in patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome who have failed on conventional therapy.