Gender Related Coping and Survivorship for Genitourinary Cancers

Description

This research is being done to learn more about coping and survivorship of women with bladder cancer, specifically regarding psychosocial distress and sexual dysfunction. This study is a non-therapeutic study and will randomize participants to a standard of care group and education group. Patients in both groups will be asked to complete surveys regarding their mood and sexual function. Patients in the intervention group will be asked to complete attendance diaries regarding educational and support services utilized. Participants' clinical data will also be collected.

Conditions

Bladder Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This research is being done to learn more about coping and survivorship of women with bladder cancer, specifically regarding psychosocial distress and sexual dysfunction. This study is a non-therapeutic study and will randomize participants to a standard of care group and education group. Patients in both groups will be asked to complete surveys regarding their mood and sexual function. Patients in the intervention group will be asked to complete attendance diaries regarding educational and support services utilized. Participants' clinical data will also be collected.

Gender Related Coping and Survivorship for Genitourinary Cancers

Gender Related Coping and Survivorship for Genitourinary Cancers

Condition
Bladder Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Washington

Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20016

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Females with bladder cancer
  • * Willing to answer surveys regarding their psychosocial health and sexual health
  • * Not undergoing either active treatment or active surveillance (i.e. patients on hospice care)
  • * Patients with cognitive impairments
  • * Women who are pregnant

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Armine Smith, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Study Record Dates

2026-01