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Clinical Trial: Reiki/Energy Healing in Prostate Cancer
This study is not yet open for patient recruitment.
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Purpose
To determine whether Reiki energy healing affects disease progression and anxiety in patients with localized prostate cancer who are candidates for radical prostatectomy.
| Condition | Treatment or Intervention | Phase |
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| Prostate Cancer | Behavior: Reiki Behavior: Energy Healing | Phase I Phase II |
MedlinePlus related topics: Prostate Cancer
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Effects of Energy Healing on Prostate Cancer
Expected Total Enrollment: 120
Expected completion: September 2005
Data to date has been inconclusive. A pilot study is proposed in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients.
Eligibility
Genders Eligible for Study: Male
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Scheduled for radical prostatectomy for histologically confirmed prostate cancer
Exclusion criteria:
- Already involved in energy healing treatments;
- Any patient whose surgery 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.
Location Information
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
Eric Klein, MD, Principal Investigator
More Information
Record last reviewed: September 2004
Last Updated: October 13, 2004
Record first received: July 18, 2003
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00065208
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005
Resources
- Pranic healing (Wikipedia)

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