Addressing Barriers to Palliative Care Use in Bladder Cancer

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bladder Cancer Stage III; Bladder Cancer Stage IV; Bladder Cancer Stage II; Muscle-Invasive Bladder Carcinoma

Treatments: Other: Surveys

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04598724

MCC-20809

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

54 participants in 2 patient groups

Bladder Cancer Patient Participants

Description:

Participants will be scheduled for one-on-one interviews that will occur over Zoom or telephone.

Treatment:

Other: Surveys

Care Givers for Bladder Cancer Patient Participants

Description:

Participants will be scheduled for one-on-one interviews that will occur over Zoom or telephone.

Treatment:

Other: Surveys