Development of a Comprehensive Financial Navigation Program for Patients With Cancer and Their Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Accrual rate (number of patients and caregivers enrolled per month)
研究概览
简要总结
This trial studies how well a financial navigation program intervention works in supporting patients with solid tumors and their caregivers. The financial navigation program intervention is an educational course about cancer treatment cost. This educational course may provide cancer patients and their caregivers with helpful information about dealing with cancer treatment cost.
详细描述
Participants receive financial navigation program intervention consisting of a financial navigation video, monthly one-one financial counselling session, monthly phone or email consultation with patient navigators for 6 months and complete surveys at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •PATIENTS: Any solid tumor diagnosis (any stage)
- •PATIENTS: Currently receiving (or completed within 6 months) chemotherapy, radiation, or hormonal therapy for cancer
- •PATIENTS: In the treating physician's best estimation, has a life expectancy of 6 months or greater
- •PATIENTS: Able to identify a primary caregiver who is involved in helping with the logistics, financial, or emotional aspects of his/her cancer care
- •PATIENTS: English-speaking
- •CAREGIVERS: Caregiver of a patient who is eligible for to participate in the study
- •CAREGIVERS: English-speaking
排除标准
- •PATIENTS: Cognitive or other impairment that would interfere with ability to understand and/or respond to questions about personal finances and paying for cancer treatment
- •PATIENTS: Hematologic malignancy (e.g. multiple myeloma, lymphoma, leukemia)
- •CAREGIVERS: cognitive or other impairment that would interfere with ability to understand and/or respond to questions about patient fiances and paying for cancer treatment
结局指标
主要结局
Accrual rate (number of patients and caregivers enrolled per month)
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Time to accrual
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Proportion of participants completing the entire program and 6 month follow up
时间窗: Up to 6 months
Proportion of participants completing each of the 3 program components
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Financial status assessment
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Prior to and following participation in the financial navigation program, patients will complete questionnaire and provide basic information about their financial status including household income, assets, educational level, and employment status.
Patient advocate foundation (PAF) navigators
时间窗: Up to 12 months
PAF navigators will tract all issues identified during an initial need assessment with the patients and subsequently all outcomes of any such issues.
Consumer education and training services (CENTS) financial counselors
时间窗: Up to 12 months
The CENTs financial counselors will tract specific recommendations given each patient during the course of the study and share these recommendation with the investigators.
Financial distress assessment questionnaire
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Will measure patients' level of financial distress before and after participation in various components of the program via a questionnaire that indicates financial distress based on responses
Family Reach staff feedback
时间窗: Up to 12 months
Family Reach will track patients that have been granted financial assistance, and will provide any further information obtained from patients interaction.
次要结局
未报告次要终点