Addressing Financial and Social Needs Among Patients With Cancer

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer, Financial Hardship

In brief

Financial hardship and health-related social needs (e.g., insecurity about food, housing, transportation, utilities) are common among patients with cancer, resulting in health disparities in cancer outcomes. Our study will test the efficacy of a multicomponent financial navigation and counseling program delivered by a financial navigator (CostCOM), vs. direct patient access to financial education materials and comprehensive list of local resources in the absence of a financial navigator (FinEd) vs. practice usual care among newly diagnosed cancer patients who screen positive for financial hardship and social needs. Investigators anticipate that both CostCOM and FinEd compared to enhanced usual care will improve cost-related cancer care nonadherence, financial worry, health insurance literacy, quality of life and sleep quality and decrease number of missed appointments.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06430840

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

91

Starts

2024-08-26

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-22

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Speak English or Spanish
• 18 years or older
• Were diagnosed with any stage of cancer within the last 120 days
• Getting treatment in University of California Irvine-affiliated oncology clinics
• Have already started treatment like radiation, or cancer medication
• Screen positive for financial hardship or health-related social needs

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with indolent cancer undergoing observation alone
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status above 2
• Patients not receiving any cancer-directed therapy
• Patients participating in other therapeutic clinical trials covering the cost of treatment.

Where it is running

• UCI Health Cancer Center - Newport — Costa Mesa, California, United States
• UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center - Fountain Valley — Fountain Valley, California, United States
• CHAO Family Comprehensive Cancer Center- Irvine — Irvine, California, United States
• UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center - Laguna Hills — Laguna Hills, California, United States
• UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
• UCI Health - Yorba Linda — Yorba Linda, California, United States

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