Addressing Barriers to Palliative Care Use in Bladder Cancer

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04598724

Enrollment

Registered

2020-10-22

Start date

2020-12-22

Completion date

2021-05-10

Last updated

2023-01-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Bladder Cancer Stage II, Bladder Cancer Stage III, Bladder Cancer Stage IV, Muscle-Invasive Bladder Carcinoma

Keywords

Bladder

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHERSurveys

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

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Development of palliative care knowledge and beliefs	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.
Proportion with accurate palliative care knowledge and beliefs	12 Months	Proportion of patients correctly answering each palliative care knowledge question.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Association between Bladder Cancer stage and palliative care knowledge	12 Months	Analysis of variance calculated for the mean number of subjects with each cancer stage correctly answering each palliative care knowledge question

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026