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Financial Navigation Program to Improve Understanding and Management of Financial Aspects of Cancer Care for Patients and Their Spouses

NCT04960787 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 331

Last updated 2026-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This clinical trial examines a financial navigation program in helping patients (and their spouses or partner caregivers, if participating) understand and better manage the financial aspects of cancer care. Cancer patients and their spouse/partner caregivers may be at high risk for financial problems because of the cost of cancer treatment. A financial navigator is a person or team who works with patients and their families to help them reduce stress or hardship related to the cost of cancer treatment. Financial navigators help patients understand their out-of-pocket expenses and what their health insurance plans may cover. Financial navigation may also help patients set up payment plans, find cost-saving methods for treatments, and improve access to healthcare services that the patient needs. Providing financial navigation to patients may help reduce financial worries and improve quality of life.

Conditions

  • Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
  • Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm
  • Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Interventions

OTHER

Educational Intervention

Watch online educational videos

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Navigation

Meet with CENTS counselor and PAF case manager

OTHER

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Complete questionnaires

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • SWOG Cancer Research Network

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Veena Shankaran · SWOG Cancer Research Network

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-12
Primary Completion
2026-09-01
Completion
2026-10-01

Countries

  • United States
  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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