NCT01982058

Intimacy-Enhancing Couples' Intervention for Localized Prostate Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 483 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

Aim 1 A. To evaluate the impact of an Intimacy-Enhancing Couples' intervention (IEC) versus a General Health and Wellness Intervention (GHW) and a Usual care control (UC) on patient and partner psychological and relationship outcomes. B. To determine whether relationship length, pre-intervention relationship satisfaction, and men's pre-intervention masculinity moderate the effects of IEC on couples' psychological and relationship outcomes Aim 2 A. To evaluate whether IEC has an effect on couples' communication and intimacy when compared with GHW and UC and to determine whether changes in relationship communication and intimacy mediate changes in couples' psychological and relationship outcomes. Exploratory Aim: A. To evaluate the impact of IEC versus GHW on physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake as well as each partner's support for the other partner's adoption of greater physical activity and more fruit and vegetable intake.

Conditions

• Prostate Cancer
• Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility
• Sexuality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	communication intervention
OTHER	counseling intervention
OTHER	nutrition intervention
OTHER	questionnaire administration

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-18
• Primary completion: 2017-08-07
• Completion: 2017-08-07
• First posted: 2013-11-13
• Last updated: 2022-10-19

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United States