Reiki/Energy Healing in Prostate Cancer

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Rest / Guided Imagery; Behavioral: Reiki; Behavioral: Pretend Reiki

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00065208

R21AT001120

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newly diagnosed with prostate cancer
• Scheduled for radial prostatectomy, external beam radiation, brachytherapy, or a combination of these

Exclusion criteria

• Already involved in energy healing treatments
• Any patient whose medical intervention could not wait the 4-weeks for intervention for medical reasons
• Any patient who gets neo-adjuvant therapy or any herbal product that could affect PSA

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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79 participants in 3 patient groups

Reiki

Experimental group

Description:

Energy therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reiki

Pretend Reiki

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pretend Reiki

Rest / Guided Imagery

Other group

Description:

Rest for pre-surgery outcomes Guided Imagery for post-surgery outcomes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Rest / Guided Imagery