Clinical trial · Observational
Supporting Sexual Recovery in Women With Bladder Cancer
SPARC: Supporting Sexual Recovery in Women With Bladder Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study looks at how bladder cancer and removing the bladder can affect women's sexual well-being. Bladder cancer can be more serious in women, and treatment like bladder removal can impact how they feel about themselves and their relationships. Women who've gone through this say it's important to talk about and get support for their sexual recovery. The study has three main parts. First, it reviews what is already known. Next, it involves talking to women with bladder cancer and the doctors and nurses who care for them. Finally, the team will use what they learn to create a toolkit to help healthcare workers support women's sexual recovery. Women with bladder cancer are helping to design this study. Their input shapes the questions and tools. The final toolkit will include training for doctors and nurses and be shared online and through charities. The aim is to make this part of regular healthcare.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder Cancer | Malignant Bladder Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cystectomy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Female Sexual Dysfunction | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualitative interview/Focus group | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Patient
- description
- Experienced patients
- interventionNames
- Other: Qualitative interview/Focus group
- label
- HCP
- description
- Experienced healthcare professionals
- interventionNames
- Other: Qualitative interview/Focus group
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Qualitative only
- timeFrame
- 01/08/25-01/06/26
- description
- Thematic analysis following an inductive framework approach to elicit codes and themes from the interviews.
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Patient Inclusion * All women and other patients with a clitoris, vagina, neo-vagina or neo-clitoris * Have a diagnosis of BCa-any grade/stage and have had a cystectomy (bladder removal) * At least 6 months after cystectomy * \>/ 18 years old * Written informed consent. HCP Inclusion * All those working directly within a bladder cancer speciality * Professional registration * Written informed consent Patient Exclusion * Poor command of the English language to the extent that the researcher judges this to critically undermine the ability to achieve the objectives of the interview. * A judgement by the researcher or the individual's clinician, based on either clinical appraisal (capacity assessment) or review of the individual's medical notes, that the individual has a cognitive functioning impairment that would interfere with ability to understand and complete the interview. * Documentation in the accessible medical notes of a psychiatric condition that would hamper participation in interview. * A judgement by the researcher or the individual's clinician, based on either clinical appraisal or review of the individual's medical notes, that the individual is too ill to participate; or is ill enough that participation would produce an unreasonable burden on that individual. * Aged \<18 years. HCP Exclusion: -Those without professional registration
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