A Pilot Unrestricted Payment Program for Early-stage Cancer Patients: the PAYMENT Trial
Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06771739
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This clinical trial studies whether an unrestricted cash payment program can be used to improve financial and clinical outcomes in early-stage cancer patients with financial concerns. A cancer diagnosis can have poor financial outcomes, and the cost of cancer treatment can lead to high medical debt and financial hardships for the patient and family. Financial hardship during cancer treatment is associated with adverse outcomes including poorer quality of life, lower treatment compliance, more aggressive use of hospital-based care, and worse survival. Newly diagnosed cancer patients with financial concerns may avoid treatment entirely so that they can continue to work and maintain income, provide for their families, or pay rent. An unrestricted cash payment program provides patients with a preloaded cash card once monthly. The patients can choose what to use the card to pay for and may include items like food, rent, or utilities. This provides a period of guaranteed income for the patients and may prevent them from falling into poverty and improve financial and clinical outcomes.
Interventions
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Electronic Health Record Review
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Interview
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Support
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Receive $1000 preloaded cash card
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Support
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Receive $100 preloaded cash card
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Survey Administration
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Eligibility criteria
Conditions
Locations
- PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center — Bellingham, Washington, United States
- PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center — Longview, Washington, United States
- PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center — Vancouver, Washington, United States
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