Enhanced Assistance During Radiotherapy for Unmet Essential Needs

Summary

This is a prospective single-arm study of an enhanced assistance intervention for patients with unmet essential needs undergoing \>10 fractions of radiotherapy comparing delay-free completion of radiotherapy in study participants to historic controls.

Conditions

• Bone Cancer
• Brain Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Esophagus Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Salivary Gland Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Liver Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Urinary Bladder Cancer
• Anal Cancer
• Blood Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Penile Cancer
• Skin Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thyroid Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vulvar Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Standard assistance

Standard assistance includes all community and institutional resources currently available for which the participant qualifies.

OTHER

Enhanced assistance

Enhanced assistance includes gift cards and checks to support food, housing, utilities, transportation, pharmacy, and other non-medical costs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• American Society of Clinical Oncology

  collaborator OTHER

• Washington University School of Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Joanna Yang, M.D. · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-04

Primary Completion

2025-08-08

Completion

2025-08-08

Countries

• United States

Study Locations