Oncology financial navigation offered as part of routine care

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

Using a pragmatic hybrid effectiveness–implementation design guided by the RE-AIM Extension for Equitable Sustainability framework, investigators will track how financial navigation is implemented in routine oncology care at UAB and measure related outcomes. They will analyze existing patient-reported outcome data collected since 2020, electronic medical records, and qualitative interviews with patients and staff. The study links implementation strategies to implementation outcomes and to patient-level outcomes including financial hardship, quality of life, and psychological distress, with planned analyses of inequities by race, residence, and insurance status. Findings are intended to identify practical strategies to improve equitable delivery of financial navigation within the health system.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Aim 1:

Inclusion criteria: As oncology financial navigation will be implemented as standard of care, implementation outcomes will be evaluated for:

1. All patients with cancer seen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Oncology clinic
2. UAB oncology financial navigators

Exclusion criteria: None.

Aim 2:

Inclusion criteria: This will be a secondary data analysis of patient-reported data routinely collected since 2020, which will include:

1. Patients with cancer seen at the UAB Medical Oncology clinic
2. Patients with non-missing patient-reported outcome data

Exclusion criteria: None.

Aim 3:

Inclusion criteria:

1. Patients who have received oncology financial navigation
2. Providers (oncology financial navigators, social workers, nurse managers, oncologists) involved with the oncology financial navigation program
3. Health system team members (billing specialists, cancer service line leadership) involved with the oncology financial navigation program

Exclusion criteria: None.

Where it's running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Courtney Williams, DrPH — University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Study coordinator: Hayden Reeves, BS
• Email: haydenreeves@uabmc.edu
• Phone: 205-996-4109

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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.