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Money worries in cancer care: new study tests financial coaching to ease the burden

NCT ID NCT06430840

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of California, Irvine Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether a financial navigation and counseling program (CostCOM) can help newly diagnosed cancer patients who are struggling with costs or basic needs like food and housing. About 91 patients will either get the program, educational materials, or usual care. The goal is to see if the program reduces missed appointments, financial worry, and treatment delays due to cost.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Financial navigation and counseling program (CostCOM)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that financial support programs help cancer patients stick to their treatment and reduce financial worry.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with only 91 participants, so results may not apply to all cancer patients. The program may not significantly improve outcomes compared to just giving patients resource lists.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

91 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Aug 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Speak English or Spanish * 18 years or older * Were diagnosed with any stage of cancer within the last 120 days * Getting treatment in University of California Irvine-affiliated oncology clinics * Have already started treatment like radiation, or cancer medication * Screen positive for financial hardship or health-related social needs Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with indolent cancer undergoing observation alone * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status above 2 * Patients not receiving any cancer-directed therapy * Patients participating in other therapeutic clinical trials covering the cost of treatment.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer Financial Stress neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Cancer Financial hardship

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHAO Family Comprehensive Cancer Center- Irvine

    Irvine, California, 92612, United States

  • UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • UCI Health - Yorba Linda

    Yorba Linda, California, 92886, United States

  • UCI Health Cancer Center - Newport

    Costa Mesa, California, 92627, United States

  • UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center - Fountain Valley

    Fountain Valley, California, 92708, United States

  • UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center - Laguna Hills

    Laguna Hills, California, 92653, United States

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