Mason, Brad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-6788
Eccleston, Anthony
Ayala-Nunes, Lara
Hauber, Brett
Gater, Adam
Coulter, Joshua
Hallworth, Pam
Thompson, Allison
Bell, Bethany
Chang, Jane
Brinkmann, Julia
Cappelleri, Joseph C.
Chisolm, Stephanie
Satkunasivam, Raj
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pfizer
Article History
Received: 11 June 2025
Accepted: 26 January 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
Conflicts of interest, funding, or competing interests: This study was funded by Pfizer Inc. The study was conducted by Adelphi Values Patient-Centered Outcomes under the direction of Pfizer Inc. BM, LA, and AG are employees of Adelphi Values Patient-Centered Outcomes, and PH and BB are employees of Adelphi Research, who received consulting fees from Pfizer to conduct this study and for the development of this manuscript. AE, BH, JC, AT, JC, JB, and JCC are employees of Pfizer and hold stock options or ownership interest in Pfizer. RS is an employee of Houston Methodist Hospital, who received consulting fees from Pfizer to provide expertise and support for the conduct of this study and for the development of this manuscript. SC is an employee of Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), who received consulting fees from Pfizer to provide expertise and support for the conduct of this study and for the development of this manuscript. No other disclosures were reported.
Consent to participate: Participants provided wet and digitally collected written consent.
Data availability: All relevant data has been reported in the manuscript body and electronic supplementary material. The individual participant datasets generated during and/or analyzed in this study are not publicly available due to research participants consenting to data being published in anonymized format and interview recordings/transcripts only being available to the project teams responsible for conducting and/or analyzing the research.
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the conception and design of the research. BM and LA conducted the targeted literature review, the qualitative interviews, and acquired the data. BM and LA analyzed the qualitative data. All authors contributed to data interpretation and updates to the attributes and levels. All authors approved the version to be published and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the research.