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Prostate Cancer Education and Resources for Couples (PERC) for Prostate Cancer

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Lixin (Lee) Song, RN, PhD
Research Sponsored by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, month 4, 8, and 12
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether a web-based prostate cancer symptom management program can help couples better manage symptoms and improve quality of life.

Eligible Conditions
  • Prostate Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, month 4, 8, and 12
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, month 4, 8, and 12 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 quality of life over time as assessed by Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment (FACT-G) scores
Secondary outcome measures
Anxiety
Change in Appraisal of Illness scores from baseline to 4-, 8-, and 12-month post baseline as measured by Appraisal of Illness scale
Change in Dietary Risk Assessment scores from baseline to 4-, 8-, and 12-month post baseline as measured by Dietary Risk Assessment scale
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: PERC ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Prostate Cancer Education and Resources for Couples (PERC) program. Participants assigned to experimental condition will receive access to the PERC website.
Group II: usual care plus NCI websiteActive Control1 Intervention
Participants in this usual care plus NCI website group will be automatically directed to the NCI prostate cancer website after logging in to the study website homepage.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Prostate Cancer Education and Resources for Couples (PERC)
2018
N/A
~560

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Who is running the clinical trial?

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterLead Sponsor
351 Previous Clinical Trials
87,773 Total Patients Enrolled
12 Trials studying Prostate Cancer
2,051 Patients Enrolled for Prostate Cancer
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)NIH
580 Previous Clinical Trials
10,376,004 Total Patients Enrolled
7 Trials studying Prostate Cancer
3,298 Patients Enrolled for Prostate Cancer
Lixin (Lee) Song, RN, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Efficacy of a Couple-Focused mHealth Symptom Self-management Program
2018. "Efficacy of a Couple-Focused mHealth Symptom Self-management Program". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03489057.
~82 spots leftby Apr 2025
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