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NCT Number: NCT04598724

Addressing Barriers to Palliative Care Use in Bladder Cancer

Investigators plan to establish an in-depth understanding of knowledge and beliefs about palliative care in advanced Bladder Cancer patients and their caregivers, and to identify factors associated with positive and negative experiences with palliative care services among those who have received them.

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Key information

Conditions

Muscle-Invasive Bladder Carcinoma Bladder Cancer Stage II Bladder Cancer Stage III Bladder Cancer Stage IV Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Male Urogenital Diseases Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Urinary Bladder Diseases Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms Urologic Diseases Urologic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Eligibility for both patient and caregiver participants will include:
  • age ≥18 years
  • able to speak and read English
  • cognitively able to participate in study tasks
  • willing to participate in surveys, semi-structured interviews, and/or focus groups
  • able to participate in either a Zoom meeting or phone interview
  • able to complete an emailed or paper survey
  • Patient Participants: a diagnosis of muscle-invasive or locally advanced bladder cancer (stages II-IV).

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients and caregivers will be excluded if unable to provide verbal or written consent

Treatment and study plan

Surveys

Other

Survey will be administered involving questions regarding knowledge and perception of palliative care.

Primary outcomes

  1. Development of palliative care knowledge and beliefs

    Time frame: 12 Months

    Thematic analysis of interviews transcriptions to identify the themes that underpin the development of palliative care beliefs among patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer.

  2. Proportion with accurate palliative care knowledge and beliefs

    Time frame: 12 Months

    Proportion of patients correctly answering each palliative care knowledge question.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Association between Bladder Cancer stage and palliative care knowledge

    Time frame: 12 Months

    Analysis of variance calculated for the mean number of subjects with each cancer stage correctly answering each palliative care knowledge question

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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Registry information

Official study title

Addressing Barriers to Palliative Care Use in Bladder Cancer Through Better Understanding of Knowledge and Belief Development

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Oct 22, 2020
Registry last updated
Jan 3, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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