NCT04879927

Routine Evaluation of the Social Determinants of Health in Oncology: User-centered Resource Coordination and Engagement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 125 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to understand how screening for patient resource needs followed by customized resource matching can improve outcomes for adults with breast, lung or gastrointestinal cancer.

Detailed description

This research study is an intervention assessment; this is the first-time investigators are examining the impact of screening for resource needs followed by customized resource matching at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. * The research study procedures include screening for social determinants of health (resource) needs and, depending on study group, resource matching. * Participants will be randomized into one of two groups. * Usual Care or Usual Care with customized resource matching. It is expected that about 125 participants will take part in this research study.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Resource Matching	Resource staff involved in the customized resource matching arm of the intervention will include staff from DFCI Patient Services and DFCI Financial Counseling. Financial counseling will support patients with financial resource needs. DFCI Patient Services will provide assistance for all other patient Social Determinants of Health needs.
OTHER	Usual Care	Patients randomized to the control group will receive a pre-existing pamphlet detailing DFCI resources.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-17
• Primary completion: 2022-10-01
• Completion: 2023-04-01
• First posted: 2021-05-10
• Last updated: 2023-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States