New program aims to ease financial burden for cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07664436
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a simple screening tool to identify cancer patients struggling with medical costs. Those who screen positive will be connected to financial counseling and resources at their hospital. The goal is to make it easier for patients to afford their care and reduce financial stress.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- financial counseling and navigation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could reduce financial stress for cancer patients and improve their ability to afford care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on feasibility, not on direct health outcomes. The program may not work in all hospitals or for all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients: Treatment for cancer at study site, over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish; Caregivers: Identified caregiver of a patient with cancer offered financial hardship screening, over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish; Staff/Clinicians: Involvement with I-ACCESS pilot implementation; over age 18 years, speak/read English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read of speak English or Spanish * Under the age of 18 years old
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cone Health Alamance Regional
Burlington, North Carolina, 27215, United States
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Perlmutter Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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UNC Health Pardee
Hendersonville, North Carolina, 28791, United States
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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