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| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | NIH |
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether Reiki energy healing affects anxiety and disease progression in patients with localized prostate cancer who are candidates for radical prostatectomy.
120 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients will be randomized to one of 3 groups: Reiki, another touch therapy, or guided imagery. Subjects in the Reiki and touch therapy groups have 8 sessions in the 4 weeks prior to their medical intervention. Those in the imagery group have one session prior to their medical intervention.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Reiki | Experimental | Energy therapy |
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| Pretend Reiki | Sham Comparator |
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| Rest / Guided Imagery | Other | Rest for pre-surgery outcomes Guided Imagery for post-surgery outcomes |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Reiki | Behavioral | Energy therapy - 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To evaluate the effects of Reiki on anxiety states using validated psychometric instruments. | Each 30 minute session | |
| To evaluate the effects of Reiki on physiologic anxiety as measured by cortisol and DHEA levels | Each 30 minute session | |
| To evaluate the effects of Reiki on cancer progression as measured by PSA levels in plasma. | throughout study |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To evaluate the effects of Reiki and guided imagery on post-surgical pain and urinary symptoms | Throughout study |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Joan Fox, Ph.D. | The Cleveland Clinic | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D011471 | Prostatic Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D005834 | Genital Neoplasms, Male |
| D014565 | Urogenital Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019124 | Therapeutic Touch |
| D014110 | Touch |
| C092779 | RE1-silencing transcription factor |
| D019018 | Imagery, Psychotherapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D026441 | Mind-Body Therapies |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026443 | Spiritual Therapies |
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| Pretend Reiki | Behavioral | Touch from untrained pretend practitioners. 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes |
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| Rest / Guided Imagery | Behavioral | 4 weekly sessions of 30 supine rest listening to soft music. One session of Guided Imagery followed at visit 9. Listen to CDs twice a day 3 days prior to and 2 days following surgery (affect only post surgery outcomes) |
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| D005832 |
| Genital Diseases, Male |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D011469 | Prostatic Diseases |
| D052801 | Male Urogenital Diseases |
| D012677 |
| Sensation |
| D009424 | Nervous System Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |