Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction Adaptation of ACT for Compliance With an Erectile Rehabilitation Program

Summary

The investigators know that treatment for prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction can impact sexual health and quality of life. They want to learn how the treatment affects one's emotional and social well-being.

They have developed a new type of counseling. Cancer patients seek counseling for lots of reasons. It often helps them cope because they can express their feelings with a trained professional. They hope that this counseling will teach patients skills that they can use to comply with erectile treatment programs, improve their sexual health and quality of life. These skills may also improve physical and emotional well-being. As part of this study they will ask the patient to provide feedback on the proposed counseling.

Conditions

• Prostate Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sexual Medicine Rehabilitation Program + nurse practitioner information phone calls

Baseline Assessment which is 90-minute patient focus group interviews. SMRP, provided to all participating patients, consists of the following steps: 1) An introductory visit with SMRP Director, Dr. Mulhall, to orient the patient to post-surgery erectile rehabilitation and assess the patient"s success with PDE-5 inhibitors; 2) Penile injection training provided by a NP over two visits, with follow-up calls as necessary until injection method and dose are deemed correct; 3) Follow-up visits with Dr. Mulhall every 4 months to monitor progress with rehabilitation. Study assessments will be administered at baseline, at 4-8 months post baseline (follow up 1) and 4-8- months post follow up 1 (follow up 2).

BEHAVIORAL

Sexual Medicine Rehabilitation Program + Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction

Baseline Assessment which is 90-minute patient focus group interviews. SMRP+ACT-ED will receive four individual ACT-ED counseling sessions (60 minutes each) over a period of approximately four months, and will also be followed up with questionnaires 4 and 8 months post baseline These sessions focus on the four core elements of ACT: values, acceptance, exposure, and commitment. Study assessments will be administered at baseline, at 4-8 months post baseline (follow up 1) and 4-8- months post follow up 1 (follow up 2).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Christian Nelson, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-12-28

Primary Completion

2019-07-10

Completion

2019-07-10

Countries

• United States

Study Locations