Prostate Cancer: Family Care for Patients and Spouses

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer, Quality of Life, Cancer Survivorship

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if a family-based intervention (The FOCUS Program) can improve the long-term quality of life and other psycho-social outcomes of men with prostate cancer and their spouses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00708968

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

263

Starts

2001-09-01

Expected to finish

2005-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-16

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer
• Willing spousal partner
• Speaks and understands English
• Mentally and physically able to participate
• Minimum life expectancy of 12 months
• Lives within 70 miles

You may not qualify if…

• Multiple primary cancers
• Watchful waiting status
• Spouse with cancer diagnosis in previous year

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Wayne State University-Karmanos Cancer Institute — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• William Beaumont Hospitals — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

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