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Reiki/Energy Healing in Prostate Cancer

NCT00065208 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2012-09-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Reiki

Energy therapy - 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Pretend Reiki

Touch from untrained pretend practitioners. 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Rest / Guided Imagery

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)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joan Fox, Ph.D. · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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