Clinical trial NCT03775616: Financial Navigation Program Intervention in Supporting Patients With Solid Tumors and Their Caregivers
Official title: Development of a Comprehensive Financial Navigation Program for Patients With Cancer and Their Caregivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Caregiver
Solid Neoplasm
Lead sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2018-12-14
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Accrual rate (number of patients and caregivers enrolled per month)
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Time to accrual
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Proportion of participants completing each of the 3 program components
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Proportion of participants completing the entire program and 6 month follow up
timeFrame: Up to 6 months
measure: Financial status assessment
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Financial distress assessment questionnaire
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Patient advocate foundation (PAF) navigators
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Consumer education and training services (CENTS) financial counselors
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
measure: Family Reach staff feedback
timeFrame: Up to 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
name: Veena Shankaran
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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