B. R. Simon Rosser, Nidhi Kohli, Alex J. Bates, Kristine M. C. Talley, Morgan M. Wright, Elizabeth J. Polter, Christopher W. Wheldon, Ryan Haggart, Daniel R. Dickstein, Michael W. Ross, Ziwei Zhang, William West, Badrinath R. Konety
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Does sexual rehabilitation work for gay and bisexual prostate cancer patients? Acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy results from the Restore-2 randomized controlled trial
Purpose
Sexual minority prostate cancer patients have worse health-related quality of life outcomes than heterosexual patients. We conducted the first study to test whether sexual and urinary rehabilitation tailored for sexual minority patients was acceptable, feasible, and efficacious at improving their sexual and urinary function.
Methods
Restore-2 was a 24-month randomized controlled trial of an online biopsychobehavioral rehabilitation study for sexual minority men treated for prostate cancer experiencing sexual and/or urinary problems. Participants were 401 US sexual minority men treated for prostate cancer and experiencing sexual and/or urinary problems at baseline. Intervention components included phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, sexual aids, a pelvic floor exercise regimen and video, a guide to good gay sex following treatment, and coaching. Quality of life assessments were completed at baseline, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.
Results
We confirmed good acceptability and feasibility, but only minimal improvement was observed over time and no differences were found between treatment and control arms.
Conclusions
We found no evidence that the intervention improved sexual or urinary outcomes for participants. However, we confirmed excellent acceptability and feasibility for a sexual rehabilitation program tailored to sexual minority participants. In addition, participants reported enduring usage and acceptability of sexual aids (including vacuum pump, anal dilators, and penile constriction rings) as well as masturbation and pelvic floor exercises to accommodate their sexual challenges.
Implications for Cancer Survivors
Sexual “accommodation,” rather than “rehabilitation,” may be a more accurate and realistic goal for this population. Patients should be provided sexual aids to help accommodate their sexual and urinary challenges.
Trial registration
This study was retrospectively registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, study number: NCT03923582; date: 22/04/2019.
期刊介绍:
Cancer survivorship is a worldwide concern. The aim of this multidisciplinary journal is to provide a global forum for new knowledge related to cancer survivorship. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers relevant to improving the understanding, prevention, and management of the multiple areas related to cancer survivorship that can affect quality of care, access to care, longevity, and quality of life. It is a forum for research on humans (both laboratory and clinical), clinical studies, systematic and meta-analytic literature reviews, policy studies, and in rare situations case studies as long as they provide a new observation that should be followed up on to improve outcomes related to cancer survivors. Published articles represent a broad range of fields including oncology, primary care, physical medicine and rehabilitation, many other medical and nursing specialties, nursing, health services research, physical and occupational therapy, public health, behavioral medicine, psychology, social work, evidence-based policy, health economics, biobehavioral mechanisms, and qualitative analyses. The journal focuses exclusively on adult cancer survivors, young adult cancer survivors, and childhood cancer survivors who are young adults. Submissions must target those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.