NCT06484140

Financial Navigation Program for Improving Financial Toxicity Among Breast Cancer in China

Evaluation of the Financial Navigation Program for Improving Financial Toxicity Among Breast Cancer in China

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fudan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to access the impact of a financial navigation program on improving financial toxicity among patients with breast cancer in China. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the intervention alleviate participants' financial toxicity? * Does the intervention enhance participants' cost-related health literacy? * Does the intervention improve participants' shared decision-making? * Does the intervention reduce participants' perceived stress? Researchers will compare the financial navigation program with usual oncology care to evaluate its effectiveness. Participants will receive the comprehensive financial navigation, including: * Needs assessment; * Cost-related health education, mainly including topics regarding communication of cost, treatment-related cost, health insurance policies, and family support; * Resource and service referral; * Personalized counseling.

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasm Female
• Financial Toxicity
• Financial Navigation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Financial Navigation	During hospitalization, participants will receive needs assessment, and one-on-one cost-related health education with a material booklet. Resource and service referral will be delivered face-to-face or by phone when the navigator identifies unaddressed problems. Within three months after discharge, participants will receive monthly follow-up phone calls and personalized counseling via WeChat.
OTHER	Usual Care	Participants will receive usual oncology care during hospitalization and regular follow-up after discharge. Participants have the freedom to utilize any financial resources, but financial navigators do not offer comprehensive information support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-17
• Primary completion: 2024-11-11
• Completion: 2024-11-17
• First posted: 2024-07-03
• Last updated: 2025-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China