Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Male sex * Age 45-80 years * Diagnosed by physician with BPH * Prostate volume ≥ 60mL * IPSS ≥ 8 * Able and willing to complete questionnaires * Able and willing to provide informed consent * Able to read, write, and speak in English * No prior treatment with TNF inhibitor (adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, certolizumab, golimumab) * No plans to move from study area in the next 6 months Deferral Criteria: * Microscopic hematuria without appropriate workup per AUA/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine \& Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Guidelines * Positive urine culture Exclusion Criteria: * Female sex or intersex * Age \< 45 or \> 80 years * Being a prisoner or detainee * Urinary retention with need for catheterization * Gross hematuria * Contraindication to treatment with adalimumab (e.g., presence of sepsis or active infection, active tuberculosis, Hepatitis B infection, invasive fungal infection, lymphoma, leukemia or other active malignancy, congestive heart failure, significant hematologic abnormality, allergy to adalimumab or its components, anti-drug antibodies, congestive heart failure) * Diagnosis of autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis, plaque psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hidradenitis suppurativa, spondyloarthritis) * Interstitial cystitis * Pelvic or endoscopic genitourinary surgery within the preceding 6 months (not including diagnostic cystoscopy) * History of lower urinary tract or pelvic malignancy including prostate cancer; history of pelvic radiation therapy * Ongoing symptomatic urethral stricture * Current chemotherapy or other cancer therapy * Severe neurological or psychiatric disorder that would prevent study participation (e.g., bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder, Alzheimer's Disease) * Current moderate or severe substance use disorder