Clinical trial · Interventional
Cancer Financial Experience
CAFÉ: Clinic Based Intervention to Address Financial Hardship for People With Cancer
NCT05018000CI-TRIAL-00100589CAFEcompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study is a randomized clinical trial designed to test a novel financial navigation intervention. The study assesses the impact of the financial navigation intervention on financial hardship and health-related quality of life, cancer-related material and psychological financial hardship, patient-centered communication, and time to initiation of treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhanced usual care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Financial navigation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm 1: Enhanced usual care
- description
- Participants in this arm will receive their usual care plus a Financial Resource Sheet. The financial resource sheet lists and describes existing organization and community resources available to KP members.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Enhanced usual care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 2: Brief financial navigation intervention
- description
- Participants in this arm will receive their usual care, and the Financial Resource Sheet described in Arm 1, plus one (1) cycle of financial navigation (total cycles: 1; total length: 6 months). In each intervention cycle participants will get at least one (1) phone call with a CAFÉ Financial Navigator, the navigator will talk with participants to identify financial questions or concerns. The navigator will create a personalized plan for each participant. Participants can request extra support from the navigator for up to 6 months.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Financial navigation
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. KPNW and KPWA members with a new cancer diagnosis (within the past 120 days from identification date) 2. 18+ years of age (based on age at time of identification date) 3. Recent visit to CAFÉ clinic/department 4. Current, living member as of identification date 5. Continuous enrollment at least 6 months prior to identification date 6. English speaker for KPWA; English or Spanish speaker for KPNW Exclusion Criteria: 1. On do-not contact list at KP 2. Cancer diagnosis is for non-melanoma skin cancer 3. Cancer diagnosis is for a benign or in situ tumor 4. Hospice referral in past year 5. Self or household member has already enrolled or completed participation in CAFÉ pilot study or main trial. 6. Unable to complete survey
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDHenrikson NB, Anderson ML, Dickerson J, Petrik AF, Figueroa Gray M, Ewing JJ, Garcia R, Keast E, King DA, Locher B, Scrol A, Ramaprasan A, Rivelli JS, Schneider JL, Banegas MP. Financial Navigation for People Newly Diagnosed With Cancer: Primary Outcomes From the Cancer Financial Experience Randomized Trial. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Dec;21(12):1817-1829. doi: 10.1200/OP-25-00874. Epub 2025 Oct 10. PMID 41070850
- DERIVEDHenrikson NB, Anderson ML, Dickerson J, Ewing JJ, Garcia R, Keast E, King DA, Lewis C, Locher B, McMullen C, Norris CM, Petrik AF, Ramaprasan A, Rivelli JS, Schneider JL, Shulman L, Tuzzio L, Banegas MP. The Cancer Financial Experience (CAFE) study: randomized controlled trial of a financial navigation intervention to address cancer-related financial hardship. Trials. 2022 May 13;23(1):402. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06344-3. PMID 35562781