Clinical trial NCT00774839: Study of Economic Circumstances, Service Utilization, and Service Needs Among Older Colon Cancer Patients
Official title: A Study of Economic Circumstances, Service Utilization, and Service Needs Among Older Colon Cancer Patients
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Colon Cancer
Keywords: Newly Diagnosed
Colon
Stage II
Stage III
Lead sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
name: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
name: Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
name: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
First posted: 2008-10-17
Enrollment: 62
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: We will be recruiting from eight sites of care that serve different populations, which will allow us to sample Medicare-eligible individuals with a range of income, insurance coverage and socio-demographic characteristics. These sites are: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC); four MSKCC Network locations (Commack, Phelps,Mercy, and Basking Ridge); SUNY Downstate Medical Center;Ralph Lauren Cancer Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to learn more about the social and financial impact of colon cancer for older patients. We want to know how cancer has affected the patient financially and socially, and to know if the patient has resource needs that have gone unmet. By doing this study, we hope to learn about resources that can reduce the financial burden from cancer.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 65 years or older
* Newly diagnosed stage II-III colon cancer
* Receiving chemotherapy and at least 4-6 months into chemotherapy treatment, or have received chemotherapy and no more than 7 months post-treatment
* Sufficient cognitive capacity as determined by investigator or consenting professional
* Able to speak English or Spanish
* Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* N/A

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-reported expenses associated with colon cancer treatment and living with this illness.
timeFrame: conclusion of study
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The perceived impact of cancer on patients' overall financial and social well-being.
timeFrame: conclusion of study
measure: The awareness of cancer support organizations and their utilization of informal and formal supports during treatment.
timeFrame: conclusion of study
measure: The patients' unmet resource and service needs during treatment.
timeFrame: conclusion of study
measure: Identify the medical, social and economic risk factors that are most closely associated with perceived adverse impact on financial and social well-being and unmet resource and service needs.
timeFrame: conclusion of the study
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Basking Ridge
country: United States
facility: Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
state: New Jersey
city: Brooklyn
country: United States
facility: Downstate Medical Center
state: New York
city: Commack
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
state: New York
city: Rockville Centre
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center
state: New York
city: Sleepy Hollow
country: United States
facility: Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center@Phelps
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
name: Elena Elkin, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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