Clinical trial · Interventional
Couples Therapy to Enhance Intimacy Between Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Their Partners
A Pilot Study of an Intimacy-Enhancing Couples Therapy for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer and Their Partners
NCT00483678CI-TRIAL-00031943completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Sexual Dysfunction | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Sexuality and Reproductive Issues | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| counseling intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intimacy-Enhancing Couples Therapy
- description
- Patients and their partners receive Intimacy-Enhancing Couples Therapy over 6 weeks comprising the following four 90-minute sessions: the Story of Cancer; Understanding the Couple, Ways of Relating and Key Influences; Intimacy; and Coping, Support, and Adaptation. Patients and their partners complete treatment satisfaction questionnaires after completion of study intervention.
- interventionNames
- Other: counseling intervention
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- standard psychosocial care
- description
- Patients and their partners receive standard psychosocial care. All participants complete questionnaires assessing psychological distress, intimacy, communication patterns, and overall relationship adjustment/satisfaction at baseline and at 1 month after completion of study intervention
- interventionNames
- Other: questionnaire administration
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of primary prostate cancer * Advanced or recurrent disease * Receiving concurrent hormonal therapy * Married and/or co-habitating with a partner for ≥ 1 year * T-score \> 50 on Brief Symptom Inventory-18 questionnaire (patient and/or partner) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Normal cognitive functioning * Able to speak and read English * No significant hearing impairment that would preclude study participation PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
References
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