Can a 30-Minute chat about money ease cancer stress?
NCT ID NCT07217262
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a one-time educational session called Proactive Costs of Care, designed to help gynecologic cancer patients and their caregivers manage the financial side of treatment. A trained lay educator reviews health insurance, employment options, and community support using a guide and cost tracker. The goal is to see if the program is feasible and whether it improves confidence and reduces financial distress. About 36 participants will take surveys before and 3 months after the session.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Proactive Costs of Care educational intervention (guide and cost tracker delivered by a lay educator)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could help cancer patients and caregivers feel more confident managing medical costs and reduce financial stress.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 36 participants at one hospital, so results may not apply to everyone. The one-time session may not be enough to make a lasting difference.
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Study facts
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- 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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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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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 for Patient Participants: * 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 * Can speak, read, and understand English Inclusion Criteria for Caregiver Participants: \- Caregivers to patients who satisfy the criteria above Exclusion Criteria for Patient and Caregiver Participants: * 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
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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