Financial help to stop medical costs from hurting families after bone tumor surgery

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This randomized study enrolls patients with histologically confirmed primary bone tumors planning surgery at Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital. Participants are assigned to either standard follow-up care or standard care plus a medical payment case management service aimed at reducing out-of-pocket costs and navigating insurance and financial resources. The trial uses the COST-FACIT questionnaire to measure financial hardship over six months and tracks the proportion of families whose out-of-pocket costs reach 10% or more of yearly income. The study targets 124 participants to evaluate whether financial navigation improves financial well-being and treatment affordability in a setting with high regional cost variation and caregiver burden. Outcomes may inform broader use of financial navigation to support families facing cancer-related expenses.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically confirmed primary bone tumor, with surgery planned at Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
2. Registered on the whole-course patient management program of the hospital's Comprehensive Oncology Center (COC)
3. Able to complete the study questionnaires, either independently or with assistance from a parent
4. Provision of informed consent and willingness to participate. For participants under 18 years of age, informed consent is provided by the legal guardian and the participant's own assent is also obtained

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Secondary or metastatic bone tumor
2. Cognitive impairment or psychiatric illness that prevents completion of the questionnaires
3. Surgery is not the main treatment modality
4. Refusal to participate
5. Benign bone tumor, such as osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteochondroma, enchondroma, periosteal chondroma, chondroblastoma, chondromyxoid fibroma, chondromesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall, or notochordal rest hyperplasia / benign notochordal cell tumor

Where it's running

• Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
  Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Hongtao Li
• Email: Lhtmed@shsmu.edu.cn
• Phone: +86 21 64369181

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.