Simple comfort tricks may take the fear out of bladder cancer scopes
NCT ID NCT07204301
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether small changes—like playing calming music, showing a relaxing video, or giving numbing gel at the right time—can reduce pain and anxiety during a bladder cancer exam or treatment. About 378 adults with bladder cancer will be randomly assigned to receive one or more of these comfort measures or standard care. They will fill out short questionnaires right after the procedure to rate their pain and anxiety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lidocaine gel, calming music, visual distraction
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward simple, low-cost ways to make bladder cancer procedures less stressful and painful for patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial testing comfort measures, not a treatment for cancer itself. The interventions may not significantly improve anxiety or pain compared to standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 378 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Diagnosis of bladder cancer undergoing diagnostic/surveillance flexible cystoscopy or intravesical bladder instillation in the outpatient urology clinic * Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Individuals \<18 years of age. * Individuals unable to provide informed consent (e.g., diminished or fluctuating capacity). * Individuals unable to communicate verbally with study staff (e.g., severe speech/hearing impairment without assistive support available). * Individuals with severe cognitive impairment or acute distress at the time of approach that prevents informed consent. * Individuals with known hypersensitivity or allergy to lidocaine, topical anesthetic gel, or any components used in the procedure. * Individuals for whom, in the opinion of the treating urologist, participation would pose undue clinical risk or interfere with urgent clinical care.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Victoria Hospital - London Health Sciences Center
London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada
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