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A French group of interventional radiologists and urologists has recently published the results of its randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial of prostate artery embolization (PAE) versus medical therapy (PARTEM) in The Lancet. The group, of whom Marc Sapoval (Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France) is the corresponding author, states in its publication that the PARTEM trial met its primary endpoint of clinically significant superior reduction of International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) after PAE at nine months compared to following combined medical therapy (CT), “in patients who failed to improve after single alpha-blockers therapy”.

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