Status:

COMPLETED

The Sexual Health of Rectal Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Conditions:

Rectal Cancer

Rectum

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Brief Summary

We know that treatment for rectal, colorectal or anal cancer can impact sexual function. This study aims to learn: * How the treatment affects emotional and social well-being. * How a new sexual heal...

Detailed Description

This is a two year randomized clinical trial examining the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability (including adherence) and efficacy of an intervention designed to improve sexual functioning of surv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • At least six months post radiation and/or surgery for stage I-III rectal adenocarcinoma or rectosigmoid for cancer with an anastomosis at 15 cm or below and completed treatment
  • At least six months post radiation and/or chemotherapy for anal cancer.
  • Have no evidence of disease or recurrence
  • For women indicate Indicate moderate satisfaction or below on their overall sexual life (a score of "4" or lower on the question "Over the past 4 weeks, how satisfied have you been with your overall sexual life?"
  • For men indicate, and a score of "3" or lower on the question "How would you rate your confidence that you could get and keep an erection" for men) and a score of "2" or higher on the question "How much does this problem bother you?
  • In the judgment of the consenting professional interventionists, able to communicate in English well enough to work with English speaking and complete the study assessments.
  • Age 21 years or older.

Exclusion

  • Significant cognitive or psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in a psychotherapeutic intervention.
  • Are actively participating in protocol 06-151
  • Participated in focus group or qualitative interview.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 24 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 21 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

192 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00712751

Start Date

June 24 2008

End Date

November 21 2024

Last Update

November 26 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, United States, 10029

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States, 10065