Improving Affordability in Cancer Care Through Economic Screening and Support (I-ACCESS)
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
About this trial
Screening and referral program to proactively identify financial hardship in adult patients with cancer and connect those at-risk with education, counseling, and resources. Patients with cancer will be screened as part of routine care and referred to available resources at their institution, following the referral processes developed and mapped in Aim 1.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients: Treatment for cancer at study site, over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish; Caregivers: Identified caregiver of a patient with cancer offered financial hardship screening, over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish; Staff/Clinicians: Involvement with I-ACCESS pilot implementation; over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish
Disqualifiers
Unable to read of speak English or Spanish
Under the age of 18 years old
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Financial counseling and navigation
BehavioralPatients who screen positive for financial toxicity on the 2-question screener tool, will be referred to available counseling or navigation resources available at each site.
Treatment groups
220 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Financial ScreenerOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Screening completion
Ratio of the number of completed screens to the number of eligible patients
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.2
Rate of referral assistance
Ratio of the number of patients referred to counseling to the number of patients screened positive for financial distress
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.Secondary outcomes
1
Type of referral
Count/percent of reason for referral (out-of-pocket costs, non-medical expense, benefit counseling, medication cost, other)
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.2
Counseling content
Count/percent of counseling disposition (general, insurance, external referral, other)
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.3
Applications for assistance
Count/percent of external referrals (including, but not limited to, foundation/charity support, local non-medical expense resources)
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.4
Referrals to external resources
Count/percent of external referrals (including, but not limited to, foundation/charity support, local non-medical expense resources)
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 8 months.Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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