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Lead
Rijnstate Hospital
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is widely used as standard therapy in the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. Hot flushes and night sweats are one of the main side-effects of ADT. There are no successful and well-tolerable treatment options available. A possible treatment for hot flushes is stellate-ganglion block (SGB), used as a means of interrupting parts of the sympathetic nervous system involved in temperature regulation.
Objective of this study
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Male
Age: \>18 years
Mean daily flush frequency of 10 or more and a hot flush score of 15 or more
Treatment with ADT because of prostate cancer
Absence of any other cause of flushing
You may not be if
Use of medication that affects flushing: oestrogens, progestogens, clonidine, naloxone, paroxetine, fluoxetine, venlafaxine, gabapentin, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone receptor antagonist
Still receiving chemotherapy of radiotherapy
Psychiatric disease
Any unstable concurrent disease
Allergic reactions against bupivacaine or contrast media.
Clareo Health | Stellate Ganglion Block for Hot Flushes in Men Treated With ADT
