Patient-Centered Intervention to Reduce Cancer Patients' Financial Toxicity

Summary

The purpose of this study is to incorporate feedback from cancer patients and providers to adapt, implement, and test an intervention. The intervention aims to prompt screening for financial distress, facilitate discussions about care costs with cancer patients, support health insurance selection, and ultimately reduce cancer patients' financial toxicity associated with cancer care.

Conditions

• Gynecologic Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Lung Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

I Can PIC

-Online decision tool that explains health insurance terms and health insurance terms, provides tips on lowering health care costs, advises patient to discuss costs with provider and insurance, and provides financial resources for patient.

OTHER

Historical control survey

-31 questions including overall experience with cancer care provider, previous discussions with care team regarding health care costs, preferences for discussing health care costs with physician, confidence level on discussing health care costs with physician, feelings about current financial situation, delays or avoidance of medical care in the past 12 months, confidence in health care choices and health insurance choices, current health conditions, and demographic data.

OTHER

Post-intervention survey (I Can PIC participants)

-31 questions including overall experience with cancer care provider, previous discussions with care team regarding health care costs, preferences for discussing health care costs with physician, confidence level on discussing health care costs with physician, feelings about current financial situation, delays or avoidance of medical care in the past 12 months, confidence in health care choices and health insurance choices, current health conditions, and demographic data.

OTHER

Follow-Up survey (I Can PIC participants)

-19 questions including overall experience with cancer care provider, discussion with care team regarding health care costs, preferences for discussing health care costs with physician, confidence level on discussing health care costs with physician, feelings about current financial situation, delays or avoidance of medical care in the past 12 months, and confidence in health care choices and health insurance choices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Washington University School of Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mary Politi, Ph.D. · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-05-26

Primary Completion

2021-08-27

Completion

2021-11-04

Countries

• United States

Study Locations