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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
79
Energy therapy - 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes
Touch from untrained pretend practitioners. 8 biweekly sessions of 30 minutes
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)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on anxiety states using validated psychometric instruments.
Time frame: Each 30 minute session
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on physiologic anxiety as measured by cortisol and DHEA levels
Time frame: Each 30 minute session
To evaluate the effects of Reiki on cancer progression as measured by PSA levels in plasma.
Time frame: throughout study
To evaluate the effects of Reiki and guided imagery on post-surgical pain and urinary symptoms
Time frame: Throughout study
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