%0 Journal Article %A Sylvia Bates %A Martin Talbot %T Short course oral prednisolone therapy in chronic abacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia: case reports of three responders and one non-responder %D 2000 %R 10.1136/sti.76.5.398 %J Sexually Transmitted Infections %P 398-399 %V 76 %N 5 %X 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. %U https://sti.bmj.com/content/sextrans/76/5/398.full.pdf