Longitudinal Screening for Financial Hardship to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorAlliance Foundation Trials, LLC.

About this trial

The study aims to determine whether monthly remote digital financial hardship screening among adults with advanced/metastatic cancer, undergoing outpatient systemic therapy with non-curative intent, improves patient-centered outcomes, including financial worry, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), symptom burden, patient-reported cancer treatment adherence, and exploratory outcomes of overall survival, patient-reported economic burden, patient-reported support received, patient-reported financial coping strategies, and health insurance literacy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Minimum age of 21

Understands English and/or Spanish

Has a diagnosis of advanced/metastatic cancer

Currently undergoing systemic therapy (enteral or parenteral) with non-curative intent

Disqualifiers

Under the age of 21

Does not understand English or Spanish

Has cognitive deficits that would preclude understanding of consent form and/or questionnaires

Undergoing treatment with curative intent (e.g., adjuvant chemotherapy for breast, lung, or ovarian cancer, primary curative therapy for testis cancer or lymphoma)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Financial Hardship Screening
  • Enhanced Usual Care

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborator