An Education and Navigation Support Tool to Improve Participation in Care Coordination Among Patients With Locally Advanced, Metastatic and Unresectable Bladder Cancer and Their Caregivers
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Brief Summary
This clinical trial evaluates the impact of an education and navigation support tool (ENST) on patient and caregiver participation in care coordination for bladder cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced), to other places in the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Patients with advanced bladder cancer tend to be older, have multiple medical conditions and often have poor access to health care. An ENST may be an effective method to improve participation in treatment decision-making and care planning among patients with locally advanced, metastatic and unresectable bladder cancer and their caregivers.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS: Age ≥ 18 years * PATIENTS: Metastatic or locally advanced, unresectable bladder cancer * PATIENTS: Receiving or planning to receive systemic therapy for bladder cancer at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC) * PATIENTS: Subjects can be enrolled any time from initial diagnosis of advanced disease to within 8 weeks after initiation of first-line systemic therapy for advanced bladder cancer * PATIENTS: Able to speak, understand, read, and write English * CAREGIVERS: Age ≥ 18 years * CAREGIVERS: Only caregivers of enrolled patients will be included in the study * CAREGIVERS: Should be able to speak, understand, read, and write English * CAREGIVERS: Caregivers will be enrolled in the study during the same time window as for patient enrollment (from initial visit to within 8 weeks of patients starting frontline therapy) Exclusion Criteria: * PATIENTS: Not receiving any form of systemic therapy for bladder cancer due to Eastern Cooperative Oncology