Intimacy-Enhancing Couples' Intervention for Localized Prostate Cancer

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Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer, Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility, Sexuality

In brief

RATIONALE: Participating in a therapy program may enhance communication and intimacy between men with prostate cancer and their partners. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well therapy enhances communication and intimacy for men with early stage prostate cancer and for their partners.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01982058

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

483

Starts

2011-08-18

Expected to finish

2017-08-07

Last updated by the study team

2022-10-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient has a primary diagnosis of localized prostate cancer (T1, T2, N=0 M=0, T3 N=0 M=0)
• Patient had surgery or initiated radiation treatment (brachytherapy or external beam radiation) or began pre-radiation Androgen deprivation therapy within the past 12 months.
• Patient is currently married or living with a partner, with relationship duration at least 1 year
• Patient and partner live within a 1 hour commuting distance to recruitment site
• Patient and partner read and speak English
• Patient has an Impact of Events Scale (IES) score greater than or equal to 16 and/or partner has an IES score greater than or equal to 17.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient had a previous definitive treatment for prostate cancer
• Patient has a concurrent diagnosis of another cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
• Partner is diagnosed with cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
• Patient or partner have a significant hearing impairment

Where it is running

• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
• The University Hospital — Newark, New Jersey, United States
• Garden State Urology — Whippany, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fox Chase Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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