New program aims to ease financial burden for families of young cancer patients
NCT ID NCT06296641
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a program that helps caregivers of teens and young adults (ages 15-26) with cancer find resources for financial and social needs. About 60 caregiver-patient pairs will take part. The goal is to see if this support reduces stress and improves well-being.
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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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28 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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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15 to 26 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: We are enrolling dyads (AYA and caregivers) for this study. AYA patient participants: * Age 15 - 26 years old * English or Spanish-speaking * In between 3-months of diagnosis of cancer date and up to 1-year post-treatment completion without progression or recurrence of cancer Caregiver/financial partner participants: * Parent or financially-responsible adult of non-adult AYA (\<18 years) OR * Identified by the AYA as caregiver, parent, or partner who is financially-responsible or a financial partner for AYA Exclusion Criteria: * Dyad with caregiver or younger AYA that previously participated in study AAAU2405 * Unable to complete financial survey questions or contraindicated (as outlined in Protection of Human Subjects) * Dyad with younger AYAs who are enrolled on hospice or receiving other end-of-life care
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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