CP/CPPSに対する体外ショック波療法の使用を最適化: フォーカス型および放射型デバイスを比較したモードベースのシステマティックレビューとメタ解析
Min-Jui Wu1, Chien-Chang Kao1, Ming-Hsin Yang1
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
Journal of clinical medicine
|February 13, 2026
まとめ
低強度外体ショック波療法 (Li-ESWT) は,慢性前立腺炎/慢性骨盤痛症候群 (CP/CPPS) の症状を大幅に緩和し,主に痛みを軽減します. 焦点デバイスは一貫した利点を示したが,放射性および多焦点デバイスの結果は,異質性のために慎重に解釈する必要がある.
科学分野:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科とは
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 医療機器 医療機器について
背景:
- 慢性前立腺炎/慢性骨盤痛症候群 (CP/CPPS) は,従来の治療法に耐性がある場合が多い困難な状態です.
- 低強度の体外ショック波療法 (Li-ESWT) は,メカニズムに基づく治療の選択肢です.
- 以前のレビューでは,Li-ESWTの研究における有意な異質性があり,おそらく波発生器の形態の変動によるものであった.
研究 の 目的:
- CP/CPPS.に対するLi-ESWTの有効性に関するランダム化対照試験 (RCT) の証拠を合成する.
- 既定の効果改変器として,異なる波発生器モード (焦点,放射,多焦点) の影響を調査する.
- 治療戦略を分析し,標準医療療法 (SMT) に付加療法による単療法と比較する.
主な方法:
- 主要なデータベース (PubMed,Embase,Web of Science,Cochrane Library) で2015年1月から2025年10月までの間に発表されたRCTについて,体系的に検索する.
- Li-ESWT (焦点,放射,または多焦点) と偽またはSMTを比較した研究を含める.
- 約12週間のNIH-CPSI (National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index) の合計を用いたプライマリアウトカム評価で,モダリティと戦略によるサブグループ分析が行われました.
主要な成果:
- 455人の参加者を含む8つのRCTが含まれる.
- Li-ESWTは,対照群と比較してNIH-CPSI全体の有意な改善を示した (WMD -8.46;95%CI -12.12から -4.79).
- 焦点を合わせた装置は一貫した肯定的な効果を示した (WMD -6.59; I2 = 0.0%),一方,放射性および多焦点装置は有意な利益をもたらしたが,実質的な異質性があり,慎重に解釈する必要がある.
結論:
- Li-ESWTは,主に痛みを軽減することによって,CP/CPPSの臨床的に有意義な症状緩和を提供します.
- 効果は波発生器の形態によって異なるが,焦点デバイスは最も一貫した結果を示している.
- CP/CPPS管理において,異なるLi-ESWTモダリティの最適な使用方法を明確にするために,対比的な比較を含むさらなる研究が必要である.
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