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Trial reportGynecologic oncology2012

A brief mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral intervention improves sexual functioning versus wait-list control in women treated for gynecologic cancer.

Lori A Brotto, Yvonne Erskine, Mark Carey, Tom Ehlen, Sarah Finlayson, Mark Heywood, Janice Kwon, Jessica McAlpine, Gavin Stuart, Sydney Thomson and 1 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Gynecologic oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06607835 (A Preliminary Study Looking at the Use of Cannabis Suppositories and Mindful Compassion Online Groups for Sexual Functioning Among Women Post Gynaecological Cancer Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
13.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06607835 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Preliminary Study Looking at the Use of Cannabis Suppositories and Mindful Compassion Online Groups for Sexual Functioning Among Women Post Gynaecological Cancer Treatment

TypeinterventionalSponsorLondon Metropolitan UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled83ConditionsSexual Pain DisordersArmsMindful- compassion, Mindful-compassion and cannabis suppositories
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 263 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mindfulness-based interventions for addressing sexual function after cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  3. Mindfulness-based intervention and sexuality: a systematic review.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2024
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  6. Survivorship, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2017
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  9. Survivorship: sexual dysfunction (female), version 1.2013.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2014
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  17. Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy for women with breast and gynecologic cancer: a pilot study to determine effectiveness and feasibility.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013
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  18. Efficacy trial of an Internet-based intervention for cancer-related female sexual dysfunction.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2013
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lori A BrottoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. lori.brotto@vch.ca
Yvonne Erskine
Mark Carey
Tom Ehlen
Sarah Finlayson
Mark Heywood
Janice Kwon
Jessica McAlpine
Gavin Stuart
Sydney Thomson
Dianne Miller
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR 69064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

goalThe goal of this study was to evaluate a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral intervention for sexual dysfunction in gynecologic cancer survivors compared to a wait-list control group.

methodsThirty-one survivors of endometrial or cervical cancer (mean age 54.0, range 31-64) who self-reported significant and distressing sexual desire and/or sexual arousal concerns were assigned either to three, 90-minute mindfulness-based cognitive behavior therapy sessions or two months of wait-list control prior to entering the treatment arm. Validated measures of sexual response, sexual distress, and mood, as well as laboratory-evoked physiological and subjective sexual arousal were assessed at pre-, one month post-, and 6-months following treatment.

resultsThere were no significant effects of the wait-list condition on any measure. Treatment led to significant improvements in all domains of sexual response, and a trend towards significance for reducing sexual distress. Perception of genital arousal during an erotic film was also significantly increased following the intervention despite no change in physiologically-measured sexual arousal.

conclusionsA brief mindfulness-based intervention was effective for improving sexual functioning. Geographic restrictions permitted only a select sample of survivors to participate, thus, the generalizability of the findings is limited. Future studies should aim to develop online modalities for treatment administration to overcome this limitation.

Indexed as

AdultCognitive Behavioral TherapyDepressionEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHysterectomyMeditationMiddle AgedOvariectomySexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalSexual Dysfunctions, PsychologicalUterine Cervical NeoplasmsWaiting Lists

Identifiers

PMID22293042
PMCPMC3438201
OpenAlexW2075405774

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