Effects of Energy Healing on Prostate Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 79
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- To evaluate the effects of Reiki on anxiety states using validated psychometric instruments.
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on anxiety states using validated psychometric instruments.
时间窗: Each 30 minute session
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on physiologic anxiety as measured by cortisol and DHEA levels
时间窗: Each 30 minute session
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on cancer progression as measured by PSA levels in plasma.
时间窗: throughout study
次要结局
- To evaluate the effects of Reiki and guided imagery on post-surgical pain and urinary symptoms(Throughout study)