Proactive Costs of Care Study

Part of paid clinical trials in Los Angeles, California.

Sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Study ID
NCT07217262
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Financial Burden
  • Financial Navigation
  • Financial Stress
  • Financial Toxicity
  • Gynecologic Cancers

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Educational Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will receive the Proactive Costs of Care Guide that covers health insurance, employment, and finding personal and community support. They will also receive the Proactive Costs of Care Cost Tracker to help track medical costs. This one-time intervention can be completed in-person, by video, or by phone. A trained lay educator will spend approximately 30 minutes reviewing health insurance and discussing the 2-3 topics most relevant to the participant. All of the materials are available in a paper version or electronic version.

Study Details

The Proactive Costs of Care intervention is an educational intervention designed to help patients deal with the cost of cancer care. The main goal of this trial is to evaluate whether the Proactive Costs of Care intervention can be successfully delivered to cancer patients who are starting a new treatment and their caregivers by looking at how many participants complete the intervention. The other questions the trial aims to answer are whether the intervention can: * Improve confidence in solving problems related to costs of care * Reduce distress related to finances Participants will complete the Proactive Costs of Care intervention, which is an approximately 30-minute one-time session with a lay educator reviewing the Proactive Costs of Care Guide and Cost Tracker. The intervention can be completed in person, by video, and by phone. Participants will also complete two surveys- one to be completed before the intervention and one to be completed 3 months after the intervention.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 22, 2025
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2027
Completion
Apr 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
36 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Patient and Caregiver Arm of Proactive Costs of Care Study
    No comparator group

Primary Outcome Measure

Participant Completion Rate of Educational Intervention [ Time Frame: From enrollment to 2 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos AngelesCalifornia90048
Shu-Fan Chen
[email protected]
(323) 413-7804

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