Clinical trial · Interventional
Rehabilitation and Sex Therapy to Optimize Recovery After Prostate Cancer Treatment
RESTORE-PC: Rehabilitation and Sex Therapy to Optimize Recovery After Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Feasibility Trial
- 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)
This study is being done at Duke Health and includes adult men who have been treated for localized prostate cancer. The goal is to see if it is feasible and acceptable to offer sex therapy by telehealth after prostate cancer treatment. All participants receive pelvic floor physical therapy and education about penile rehabilitation, including use of a vacuum erection device. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives pelvic floor physical therapy plus telehealth sex therapy, with about ten sessions over six months. The other group receives pelvic floor physical therapy alone. Participants complete questionnaires about urinary and sexual health at the start of the study and over the next two years. Short interviews are also done at 6 and 12 months. Medicines for erectile function are prescribed as part of usual clinical care and are not part of the study treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erectile Dysfunction | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Urinary Incontinence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Sex Therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Vacuum Erection Device (VED) | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- PFPT + Sex Therapy
- description
- Ten 45-minute telehealth sex therapy sessions over 6 months plus standard pelvic floor physical therapy and penile rehabilitation education (including provision of VED).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Sex Therapy
- Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Device: Vacuum Erection Device (VED)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- PFPT Alone (Standard Care)
- description
- Standard pelvic floor physical therapy and penile rehabilitation education (including provision of VED); no study-delivered sex therapy.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Device: Vacuum Erection Device (VED)
Primary outcomes (9)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria * Age 18 years or older. * Biopsy-confirmed localized prostate adenocarcinoma. * Treated with nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy, or cryoablation as primary index therapy for prostate cancer at Duke Health. * Initiating pelvic floor physical therapy as part of routine clinical care. * Pre-treatment International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) score meeting the eligibility threshold, with or without aids, determined by medical record chart review (when documented within 4 months prior to index treatment) or collected post-treatment with participant recall anchored to the month prior to treatment. Eligibility threshold for the IIEF-5 is at or above 17. * Able to read and understand English to complete patient-reported outcome measures. * Ability to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria * Any androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) given for prostate cancer treatment or planned during the intervention or follow-up period, including neoadjuvant, concurrent, or adjuvant ADT. * Recieved non-nerve-sparing treatment (when applicable). * Unable to engage in pelvic floor physical therapy or penile rehabilitation protocol. * Need for additional or secondary prostate cancer treatment during the intervention period. * Documented cognitive impairment or impairment that would interfere with participation. * Major psychiatric concern that would interfere with ability to consent or participate, such as schizophrenia, based on the medical record or treating clinician assessment. * Inability to complete study video visits or questionnaires. * History of prior local or systemic treatment for prostate cancer
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