Couples Therapy to Enhance Intimacy Between Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Their Partners

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Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality and Reproductive Issues

In brief

RATIONALE: A couples therapy program may enhance intimacy and reduce psychological distress in patients with prostate cancer and in their partners. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well couples therapy enhances intimacy and reduces psychological distress in patients with advanced or recurrent prostate cancer and in their partners.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00483678

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

64

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2018-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Fox Chase Cancer Center - Cheltenham — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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