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Young Adult Latino Testicular Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Study of Goal-Focused Emotion Regulation Therapy (GET)

NCT07615998 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2026-05-29

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Summary

Testicular cancer diagnosis and treatment, especially given its threat to sexuality and reproductive health, can be distressing in the formative period of young adulthood. Responsive to the need for feasible, effective, and scalable interventions that meet the needs of ethnic minority men, 35 Hispanic/Latino young adults (ages 18-39) with testicular cancer will receive 6 sessions of GET. We will evaluate primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. In addition, identified biomarkers will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Conditions

  • Testicular Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy

GET is a 6-session intervention delivered over 8 weeks to enhance self-regulation through improved goal navigation skills, improved sense of meaning and purpose, and better ability to regulate specific emotional responses. Session topics include a review of cancer-related experiences and influences on goal pursuits, psychoeducation regarding emotions, skills, and values (Session 1), values clarifications and emotional awareness (Session 2), achievability of goals, cognitive skills training (Sessions 3), goal pathway mapping, navigating blocked goals and re-directing energy (Sessions 4), goal motivation and agentic actions, self-care behavior (Session 5), and goal pursuits moving forward (session 6). The first session is 90 minutes and each subsequent session is 60 minutes. Participants are given structured at home exercises via an interactive digital workbook designed to facilitate skill acquisition.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael A Hoyt, PhD · University of California, Irvine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
39 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-05
Primary Completion
2023-04-04
Completion
2023-08-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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