Financial Burden Assessment in Patients With Stage I-III Colon or Rectal Cancer Undergoing Treatment

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Stage I Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage I Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage II Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIA Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIA Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIB Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIB Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIC Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIC Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage III Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Rectal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIC Colon Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIC Rectal Cancer AJCC v8

In brief

This research trial studies the financial burden in patients with stage I-III colon or rectal cancer who are undergoing treatment. Collecting data from patients about their cost and quality of life may help doctors to better understand the impact of cancer treatment on a patient?s employment and finances.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03516942

Run by

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

People needed

565

Starts

2018-06-11

Expected to finish

2028-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must have a life expectancy of >= 24 months
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-3
• Patients must have a newly diagnosed colon or rectal cancer (initial diagnosis, either a biopsy or curative surgery, whichever is most recent) within 60 days of registration and have not yet received radiation or chemotherapy
• Patients must have stage I, II, or III disease at the time of enrollment and will be treated with curative-intent; this can be defined either clinically or pathologically if they have already undergone surgery; for staging of both colon and rectal cancer, the definition of stage I-III is based on the seventh edition (2010) or an updated version of the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging system
• Patients are not eligible if they are already enrolled on a treatment clinical trial at the time of registration; they can remain on the study if they subsequently enroll on a treatment clinical trial during the study time period
• Patients who choose to not receive radiation and/or chemotherapy after a curative-intent surgery are eligible to participate
• Patients with a history of previous malignancy (except non-melanoma skin or cervical in-situ cancer) treated (with either surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation) within the last 3 years are not eligible
• Patients must be able to complete questionnaires in English
• Patients must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines

Where it is running

• Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Alaska Breast Care and Surgery LLC — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Alaska Oncology and Hematology LLC — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Alaska Women's Cancer Care — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Anchorage Oncology Centre — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Katmai Oncology Group — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Providence Alaska Medical Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Fairbanks Memorial Hospital — Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
• Kingman Regional Medical Center — Kingman, Arizona, United States
• Mercy Hospital Fort Smith — Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
• CHI Saint Vincent Cancer Center Hot Springs — Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Deer Valley Medical Center — Antioch, California, United States
• PCR Oncology — Arroyo Grande, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park — Baldwin Park, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California, United States
• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center/Disney Family Cancer Center — Burbank, California, United States
• Epic Care-Dublin — Dublin, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Dublin — Dublin, California, United States
• Bay Area Breast Surgeons Inc — Emeryville, California, United States
• Epic Care Partners in Cancer Care — Emeryville, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Fontana — Fontana, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Fremont — Fremont, California, United States
• Fresno Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
• Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine — Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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