DISCO: A Patient Intervention to Reduce the Financial Burden of Cancer

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Financial Toxicity, Cancer, Question Prompt List, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer

In brief

The DISCO App is designed to improve, during the interaction, patient active participation and patient-initiated oncologist treatment cost discussions, and, in the short term, patient's treatment cost knowledge, self-efficacy for managing both cost and physician interactions, referrals, perceived financial toxicity (i.e., distress and material hardship); in turn, these will affect longer-term outcomes of financial toxicity and adherence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04766190

Run by

Lauren Hamel

People needed

254

Starts

2021-02-10

Expected to finish

2028-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Oncologists are eligible if they treat patients with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancers at Karmanos Cancer Institute. Data from oncologists will include their self-report data and video-recorded treatment discussions with participating patients.
• Patients: Must be able to read and write in English; have an email account; and are newly diagnosed with breast, prostate, lung or colorectal cancer (stage I-IV) for which systemic therapy is a likely recommended treatment. Data from patients will include their self-report data, video-recorded treatment discussions with participating oncologists, and medical record data

Where it is running

• Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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