WATER vs WATER II 3-Year Update: Comparing Aquablation Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in 30-80 cc and 80-150 cc Prostates.

Urology 2022 Jul

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To compare the outcomes of Aquablation for small-to-moderate (30-80cc) prostates with the outcomes for large (80-150 cc) prostates at 3-year follow up. WATER is a prospective, double-blind, multicenter, international clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of Aquablation and TURP in the treatment of LUTS/BPH in men 45-80 year with a prostate of 30cc-80cc. WATER II is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm international clinical trial of Aquablation in men with a prostate of 80cc-150cc. We compare 36-mo outcomes amongst 116 WATER and 101 WATER II study subjects undergoing Aquablation. International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) scores improved from 22.9 and 23.2 at baseline in WATER and WATER II, respectively, to 8.0 and 6.5 at 36-month, with 36-mo reductions of 14.4 and 16.3 points, respectively (P = .247). At baseline, urinary flow rate (Qmax) was 9.4 and 8.7 cc/sec in WATER and WATER II, improving to 20.6 and 18.5 cc/sec, respectively (P = .552) at 36-mo. Improvements in both IPSS and Qmax were immediate and sustained throughout follow-up. At 3 year, 98% and 94% of treated patients were BPH medication-free in WATER and WATER II, respectively (P = .038). At 3yr, 96% and 97% of treated patients were free from surgical retreatment in WATER and WATER II, respectively (P = .613). Three-year follow-up demonstrates that Aquablation therapy leads to sustained outcomes, few irreversible complications, and low retreatment rates for the treatment of LUTS/BPH independently of prostate volume. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Anis Assad, David-Dan Nguyen, Neil Barber, Mo Bidair, Peter Gilling, Paul Anderson, Gopal Badlani, Mitch Humphreys, Steven Kaplan, Ronald Kaufman, Alan So, Ryan Paterson, Mihir Desai, Claus Roehrborn, Bilal Chughtai, Kevin C Zorn, Dean Elterman, Naeem Bhojani. WATER vs WATER II 3-Year Update: Comparing Aquablation Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in 30-80 cc and 80-150 cc Prostates. Urology. 2022 Jul;165:268-274