Clinical trial · Interventional
A Financial Intervention (Financial Compass) to Identify and Address Financial Hardship Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Financial Compass Trial
Financial Compass: A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Novel Intervention to Identify and Address Financial Hardship Among Cancer Patients
- 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 clinical trial compares the effect a financial intervention, called Financial Compass, to usual care in identifying and addressing financial hardship in patients with head and neck cancer. Previous research has shown that head and neck cancer patients experiencing financial hardship have decreased overall and cancer specific survival. Using a financial intervention, Financial Compass, may be more effective than usual care in identifying and addressing financial hardship in patients with head and neck cancer.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | Head and Neck Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Practice | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Discussion | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Financial Navigation | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- discussion
- description
- Participants take part in a community advisory board and/or a health care delivery advisory board on study to discuss, develop and refine the Financial Compass intervention.
- interventionNames
- Other: Discussion
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group I (Financial Compass intervention)
- description
- Patients receive the Financial Compass intervention on study including a patient needs assessment, a tailored care pathway and weekly individualized navigation and support to access resources.
- interventionNames
- Other: Discussion
- Other: Financial Navigation
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * They have been diagnosed with head and neck cancer * Screen positive for financial hardship on the validated Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) measure * Are able to participate in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Adults unable to complete the process of informed consent * Adults whose primary language is not English or Spanish * Individuals who are not yet adults (i.e., infants, children, teenagers) * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
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