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Goal Focused Emotion-Regulation Therapy (GET) for Testicular Cancer

Phase 2
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by University of California, Irvine
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from baseline (t0) at 12-weeks post-intervention (t2)
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is designed to study a new therapy aimed at helping young adult testicular cancer patients with distress symptoms, emotion regulation, goal navigation skills, and stress-sensitive biomarkers.

Eligible Conditions
  • Testicular Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from baseline (t0) at 12-weeks post-intervention (t2)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline (t0) at 12-weeks post-intervention (t2) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Hydrocortisone
Change in Systemic Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Levels (IL-6, IL-1ra, CRP, sTNFαRII)
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Cancer Assessment for Young Adults (CAYA-T) - Goal Navigation Score
Change in Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) Global Score
Change in Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) Scale Scores

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Goal Focused Emotion-Regulation Therapy (GET)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
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. GET has an emphasis on goal navigation skill building. This includes work on goal setting with a focus on assessing progress toward achieving specific, realistic, and measurable goals. Emotion regulation components include basic cognitive restructuring skills, cognitive distancing, and coping efficacy skills (matching the correct coping skill to specific circumstances).
Group II: Individual Supportive Psychotherapy (ISP)Active Control1 Intervention
ISP includes 6-sessions of individual supportive psychotherapy and includes components of genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding through reassurance, explanation, guidance, suggestion, encouragement, affecting changes in patient's environment, and permission for catharsis. ISP emphasizes maintaining focus on the cancer experience, supporting participants in the "here and now," fostering expression of emotion and discussion of difficult topics, and creating a sense of being understood.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of California, IrvineLead Sponsor
544 Previous Clinical Trials
1,922,943 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Testicular Cancer
250 Patients Enrolled for Testicular Cancer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterOTHER
1,936 Previous Clinical Trials
588,782 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Testicular Cancer
331 Patients Enrolled for Testicular Cancer

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
A Biobehavioral Intervention for Young Men With Testicular Cancer
2018. "A Biobehavioral Intervention for Young Men With Testicular Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04150848.
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