Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of Standard-of-care Delivered Oncology Financial Navigation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to understand the implementation and impact of a pragmatically-delivered oncology financial navigation program. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. How did oncology financial navigation implementation strategies affect implementation outcomes? 2. What is the impact of financial navigation on patient financial hardship, quality of life, and psychological distress? 3. How were implementation strategies utilized to overcome barriers to oncology financial navigation?
Researchers will examine secondary, standard-of-care collected, patient-reported data, electronic medical record data, and qualitative interview data to answer these questions.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
All patients with cancer seen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Oncology clinic
UAB oncology financial navigators
Disqualifiers
Patients with cancer seen at the UAB Medical Oncology clinic
Patients with non-missing patient-reported outcome data
Patients who have received oncology financial navigation
Providers (oncology financial navigators, social workers, nurse managers, oncologists) involved with the oncology financial navigation program
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Financial navigation
BehavioralOncology financial navigation is an evidence-based intervention which helps patients prepare for out-of-pocket treatment costs, optimize health insurance, and access financial resources to reduce cancer-related financial hardship.
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Patients receiving standard-of-care-delivered financial navigationExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Historical control patients who did not receive financial navigationNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change in financial hardship
Change in patient-reported financial distress (COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity)
Time frame
6 months post-initiation of systemic therapy2
Change in financial difficulties
Change in patient-reported financial difficulties (trouble paying for basic needs, utilities, transportation or lodging for treatment, medications, medical supplies, upfront medical payments, insurance or medical bills, child or eldercare, and employment or disability issues)
Time frame
6 months post-initiation of systemic therapy3
Change in quality of life
Change in patient-reported quality of life (PROMIS v1.1 Global Health)
Time frame
6 months post-initiation of systemic therapy4
Change in psychological distress
Change in patient-reported psychological distress (National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer)
Time frame
6 months post-initiation of systemic therapySponsors and contacts
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov