Guaranteed Income and Financial Treatment

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer, Financial Hardship, Quality of Life

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if providing advanced cancer patients with $1000/month for 12 months will improve cancer outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: To what extent does receiving $1000/month additional income reduce financial hardship? To what extent does receiving $1000/month additional income improve quality of life? Does receiving $1000/month additional income improve survival outcomes? Participants will: Receive $1000/month for 12 months Complete a survey every 3 months for 12 months If selected, participate in semi-structured interviews about their financial behaviors

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06611982
Run by: Meredith Doherty, PhD, LCSW
People needed: 250
Starts: 2023-04-01
Expected to finish: 2026-07-30
Last updated by the study team: 2026-03-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Age = 18 or older
Newly diagnosed or recurrent advanced cancer (Stage 3 or 4)
Receiving chemotherapy or immunotherapy (with or without radiation) at one of the recruitment sites
Within 12 months of receiving systemic therapy and on surveillance at one of the recruitment sites
ECOG performance status of 1 - 2
A Pennsylvania Medicaid beneficiary
A Pennsylvania resident

You may not qualify if…

Eligible for hospice (i.e. determined by provider to have a prognosis of 6 months or less) at time of randomization
Unable to communicate in English, Spanish, or Mandarin

Where it is running

Pennsylvania Hospital — Philadelphia, New York, United States
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jefferson Health — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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