Clinical trial · Interventional
Proactive Costs of Care Study
An Open, Single-arm, Single-site Study to Evaluate the Proactive Costs of Care (PCOC) Intervention Delivered by a Trained Lay Educator to Test Feasibility With the Goal of Improving Self-efficacy Among Patients With Gynecologic Cancer on Active Therapy and Their Caregivers
- 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 Proactive Costs of Care intervention is an educational intervention designed to help patients deal with the cost of cancer care. The main goal of this trial is to evaluate whether the Proactive Costs of Care intervention can be successfully delivered to cancer patients who are starting a new treatment and their caregivers by looking at how many participants complete the intervention. The other questions the trial aims to answer are whether the intervention can: * Improve confidence in solving problems related to costs of care * Reduce distress related to finances Participants will complete the Proactive Costs of Care intervention, which is an approximately 30-minute one-time session with a lay educator reviewing the Proactive Costs of Care Guide and Cost Tracker. The intervention can be completed in person, by video, and by phone. Participants will also complete two surveys- one to be completed before the intervention and one to be completed 3 months after the intervention.
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver Burnout | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Financial Burden | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Financial Navigation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Financial Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Financial Toxicity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Gynecologic Cancers | Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Patient and Caregiver Arm of Proactive Costs of Care Study
- description
- No comparator group
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Educational Intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Participant Completion Rate of Educational Intervention
- timeFrame
- From enrollment to 2 months
- description
- The number of participants who completed the intervention divided by the total number of participants who consented to the study
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in Self-Efficacy using PROMIS Self-Efficacy
- timeFrame
- From intervention to 3 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria for Patient Participants: * Individuals 18 years old or older are included. * Individuals diagnosed with gynecologic cancer * On active systemic therapy within 30 days of enrollment * Receiving treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center * Can speak, read, and understand English Inclusion Criteria for Caregiver Participants: \- Caregivers to patients who satisfy the criteria above Exclusion Criteria for Patient and Caregiver Participants: * Any patients whose records are flagged "break the glass" or "research opt out." * Cannot speak, read, or understand English * Not willing to participate in the intervention or complete surveys
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