Proactive Costs of Care Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCedars-Sinai Medical Center

About this trial

The Proactive Costs of Care intervention is an educational intervention designed to help patients deal with the cost of cancer care. The main goal of this trial is to evaluate whether the Proactive Costs of Care intervention can be successfully delivered to cancer patients who are starting a new treatment and their caregivers by looking at how many participants complete the intervention. The other questions the trial aims to answer are whether the intervention can:

* Improve confidence in solving problems related to costs of care * Reduce distress related to finances

Participants will complete the Proactive Costs of Care intervention, which is an approximately 30-minute one-time session with a lay educator reviewing the Proactive Costs of Care Guide and Cost Tracker. The intervention can be completed in person, by video, and by phone. Participants will also complete two surveys- one to be completed before the intervention and one to be completed 3 months after the intervention.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Individuals 18 years old or older are included.

Individuals diagnosed with gynecologic cancer

On active systemic therapy within 30 days of enrollment

Receiving treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Disqualifiers

Any patients whose records are flagged "break the glass" or "research opt out."

Cannot speak, read, or understand English

Not willing to participate in the intervention or complete surveys

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Educational Intervention

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Lead sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Collaborator

Foundation for Women's Cancers

Collaborator