Patient Care
The Cain Bladder Center is pleased to recognize that as our patient load increases, the volume demands are being met, and there is still capacity to expand! Our patient navigator, Yvette Soriano, has played a positive role in arranging timely appointments and closely following up on patients for subsequent tests and procedures. We’ve been tracking the increase in patient care provided, and also sources of referral. Additionally, we offer a quarterly newsletter tailored to patients and their families to describe ongoing activities and efforts at the CBC.
In recent months, our clinicians have focused on several active clinical trials such as the RELIEF study. This study is for women who are 70 years or older and experiencing urgency with urinary incontinence. Those women are enrolled in a Botox study that evaluates the efficacy of a reduced dose of this commonly used therapy.
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Clinicians are also conducting the REVI trial where they measure the efficacy of the Revi system. Initial studies say that the system is safe and effective.
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Another study for women 55 years or older is being conducted. The Microbiome study is for women in the appropriate age range experiencing a UTI. The women in this study will have to visit the clinic four times, but there is financial compensation.
Lastly, the UTI-EC study is evaluating the outcome of prescribing antibiotics immediately, or using culture-based antibiotic therapy which waits until the culture has grown and then is identified before antibiotics are prescribed.
With the Cain Bladder Center only having been open for just unde a year, the Center is already making a lifelong impact in some patients lives.
"Thank you for all you have done for me. Before I was under your care I truly was in despair. I experienced extremely painful UTIs that were debilitating. After many years of suffering, I was grateful to meet you. From my first visit, you treated me with kindness, respect, and compassion. Relying on daily antibiotics was causing me great anxiety. I no longer need to do this. I am so thankful for you and your dedication to helping people like me."
Results from trials help our medical professionals decide what is best depending on patient needs.
