Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2023
Goal-Focused Emotion-Regulation Therapy (GET) in Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Pilot Study.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT04150848 (A Biobehavioral Intervention for Young Men With Testicular Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Biobehavioral Intervention for Young Men With Testicular Cancer: A Pilot Study
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Emotion Regulation Interventions for Cancer Patients and Their Relatives: A Systematic Review.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of health-related quality of life outcomes in psychosocial intervention trials for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2023Pooled it
- The "Listen In" Approach: A Novel Early-Phase Method to Inform Intervention Adaptation.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Thinking About the Future: Relationships Between Time Perspective, Peace of Mind, and Goal Navigation Among Young Adults With Cancer.Cancer care research online · 2025Article
- Young adult Latino testicular cancer survivors: a pilot study of Goal-focused Emotion regulation Therapy (GET).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Improving symptom management for survivors of young adult cancer: rationale and study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundYoung adult testicular cancer survivors experience adverse impacts after treatment. We developed Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy (GET) to improve distress symptoms, emotion regulation, and goal navigation skills. PURPOSE: This pilot study examined GET versus an active control intervention in young adult survivors of testicular cancer.
methodsSeventy-five eligible survivors treated with chemotherapy were randomized to receive GET or Individual Supportive Listening (ISL). Study acceptability, engagement, and tolerability were examined, and intervention fidelity and therapeutic alliance were compared between arms. Preliminary efficacy was evaluated by effect sizes for between-group changes in primary (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and secondary (career confusion, goal navigation, and emotion regulation) outcomes from baseline to immediately and 3-month post-intervention.
resultsAmong the 38 men randomized to GET, 81.1% completed all study sessions compared with 82.4% of the 37 men assigned to ISL. Fidelity to the intervention was 87% in GET. Therapeutic alliance wassignificantly higher among those receiving GET versus ISL. Participants exhibited a medium group-by-time effect size with greater reductions in depressive (d = 0.45) and anxiety (d = 0.29) symptoms for those in GET versus ISL, with a similar pattern at 3 months for depressive (d = 0.46) and anxiety (d = 0.46) symptoms.
conclusionsGET is a feasible and acceptable intervention for reducing adverse outcomes after testicular cancer for young adults. Observed effect sizes preliminarily suggest meaningful change, though should be interpreted with caution in small samples. GET may be a developmentally-matched behavioral approach to improve psychosocial function in this cancer group. CLINICAL TRIAL INFORMATION: Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04150848. Registered on October 28, 2019.
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