Acupuncture delivers long-lasting, clinical benefits in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Acupuncture provides clinical and long-lasting benefits for patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, a recent study has found. The authors compared acupuncture with sham acupuncture by performing a 32-week randomized, controlled trial with 8 weeks of treatment followed by 24 weeks of follow-up. They randomized participants with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome to either acupuncture or noninvasive sham acupuncture. Change in the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) total score from baseline to week 8 was the primary outcome, while secondary outcomes included the NIH-CPSI subscale scores, pain severity, the International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS), the global response rate and satisfaction assessment.