Addressing Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity in Rural Oncology Care Settings

Description

The financial burden, or financial toxicity (FT), of cancer is a consequential and growing problem, particularly for rural patients. It is important to improve our understanding of how financial navigation (FN) can reduce the material, psychological, and behavioral burden of costs associated with cancer care in both rural and non-rural community settings. The purpose of this study is to conduct a financial navigation program in 5 rural and 4 non-rural oncology practices in North Carolina and evaluate the effects of financial navigation on patient outcomes, including financial toxicity and health-related quality of life.

Conditions

Neoplasms, Carcinoma

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Study overview

The financial burden, or financial toxicity (FT), of cancer is a consequential and growing problem, particularly for rural patients. It is important to improve our understanding of how financial navigation (FN) can reduce the material, psychological, and behavioral burden of costs associated with cancer care in both rural and non-rural community settings. The purpose of this study is to conduct a financial navigation program in 5 rural and 4 non-rural oncology practices in North Carolina and evaluate the effects of financial navigation on patient outcomes, including financial toxicity and health-related quality of life.

Addressing Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity in Rural North Carolina Oncology Care Settings

Addressing Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity in Rural Oncology Care Settings

Condition
Neoplasms
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chapel Hill

NC Basnight Cancer Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514

Charlotte

Novant Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28207

Greenville

Vidant Medical Center, Cancer Center, Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27834

Hendersonville

Pardee UNC Health Care, Pardee Cancer Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, 28739

Kinston

UNC Lenoir Cancer Care Services, Kinston, North Carolina, United States, 28501

Morehead City

Carteret Health Care Cancer Center, Morehead City, North Carolina, United States, 28557

Nags Head

The Outer Banks Hospital, Nags Head, North Carolina, United States, 27959

Rocky Mount

Nash UNC Health Care, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, 27804

Winston-Salem

Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients 18 years of age and older
  • * Patients with any type of cancer diagnosed within 5 years and/or living with advanced disease
  • * Patients who score 22 or lower on the COST measure indicating high FT
  • * Patients must be able to read and speak English
  • * Participants without a cancer diagnosis
  • * Patients diagnosed more than 5 years ago without advanced disease
  • * Patients or caregivers under the age of 18
  • * Patients who do not sign the consent form
  • * Patients who do not complete the baseline COST survey
  • * Patients who cannot read and speak English

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Study Record Dates

2025-07-31