Longitudinal Screening for Financial Hardship to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Part of paid clinical trials in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sponsor
Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
Study ID
NCT06963723
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Advanced Cancer
  • Metastatic Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
21 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Financial Hardship Screening — OTHER
    Financial Hardship Screening and Financial Needs Assessment
  • Enhanced Usual Care — OTHER
    Enhanced Usual Care

Study Details

The study aims to determine whether monthly remote digital financial hardship screening among adults with advanced/metastatic cancer, undergoing outpatient systemic therapy with non-curative intent, improves patient-centered outcomes, including financial worry, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), symptom burden, patient-reported cancer treatment adherence, and exploratory outcomes of overall survival, patient-reported economic burden, patient-reported support received, patient-reported financial coping strategies, and health insurance literacy.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 1, 2025
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2028
Completion
Apr 1, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Participants randomized to the intervention arm will complete their monthly screening using the single-item screening question (every 4 weeks for 12 months).
  • Active Comparator: Enhanced Usual Care
    Participants randomized to receive enhanced usual care will not be systematically screened for financial hardship through the electronic PRO Core system.

Primary Outcome Measure

Financial Worry [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (6)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Dignity HealthPhoenixArizona85004
Vamsee Torri, MD
[email protected]
New Hampshire Oncology-Hematology, PAConcordNew Hampshire03301-
Solinsky Center for Cancer CareManchesterNew Hampshire03103-
New York City Health and HospitalsNew YorkNew York10004
Debra Ferman, MD
[email protected]
Sanford HealthFargoNorth Dakota58102
Samuel Milanovitch, MD
[email protected]
701-234-6161
Gibbs Cancer CenterSpartanburgSouth Carolina29303
Amarinthia Curtis, MD
[email protected]
864-560-6812

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