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Out of Pocket Cost Communication in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

NCT04257071 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2022-02-18

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Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled trial of a cohort of adult multiple sclerosis (MS) patients visiting an outpatient neurology clinic. Sixty participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention arm or a control arm and will be followed for three months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

The usual care for MS involves standard patient neurology visits and encounters with pharmacists, financial counselors and social workers if patients need any financial assistance with medication or other expenses.

BEHAVIORAL

OOP Cost Communication and Optimization

OOP Cost Communication and Optimization includes personalized discussion of OOP cost estimates for treatment plan obtained through an online price transparency tool, personalized analysis of patients' expenses by financial counselor, and patient enrollment in any cost optimization opportunities for which patient is eligible using a comprehensive financial navigation program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gelareh Sadigh, MD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-03
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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