Clinical trial · Interventional
Financial and Insurance Assistance- Oncology Financial and Legal Navigation Program
Leveraging Medical Legal Partnerships to Enhance Patient-Centered, Team-Based Cost Conversations With Pediatric Oncology Patients and Families
- 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)
The overall objective of this study was to develop and evaluate FINassist (Financial and Insurance Navigation Assistance), a patient-centered, interdisciplinary team-based oncology financial and legal navigation program. The program leverages Medical Legal Partnerships to enhance cost of care conversations with pediatric oncology patients and caregivers. FINassist optimizes the team-based care model by integrating clinicians, social workers, financial navigators, and legal advocates who work in tandem to enhance cost of care conversations with patients and caregivers, identify and intervene on patient socio-legal needs, and advocate for system-level changes.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pediatric Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINassist Caregiver | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| FINassist Patient | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Financial Navigation and Insurance Assistance (FINassist)
- description
- FINassist is a comprehensive oncology financial and legal navigation program in oncology care
- interventionNames
- Other: FINassist Patient
- Other: FINassist Caregiver
Primary outcomes (13)
- measure
- Number of participants enrolled
- timeFrame
- 12 months
- description
- Feasibility was defined as 60% or higher enrolled participant retention and resolution of financial or legal issue (based on existing oncology financial navigation studies)
- measure
- FINassist Adherence
- timeFrame
- through issue resolution up to 12 months
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Caregivers of patients who have any cancer or hematologic disorder diagnosis at the DanceBlue Pediatric Hematology/oncology clinic at Kentucky Children's hospital * Patients with childhood cancers and/or hematologic disorders at the DanceBlue Pediatric Hematology/oncology clinic at Kentucky Children's hospital * 18 years and older Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide consent
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDEdward J, Northrip KD, Rayens MK, Welker A, O'Farrell R, Knuf J, Fariduddin H, Costich J, D'Orazio J. Financial-legal navigation reduces financial toxicity of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Apr 30;8(3):pkae025. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkae025. PMID 38552323