Actively Recruiting
DISCO: A Patient Intervention to Reduce the Financial Burden of Cancer
Led by Lauren Hamel · Updated on 2025-05-25
260
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
394 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The DISCO App is designed to improve, during the interaction, patient active participation and patient-initiated oncologist treatment cost discussions, and, in the short term, patient's treatment cost knowledge, self-efficacy for managing both cost and physician interactions, referrals, perceived financial toxicity (i.e., distress and material hardship); in turn, these will affect longer-term outcomes of financial toxicity and adherence.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
DISCO: A Patient Intervention to Reduce the Financial Burden of Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Oncologists treating patients with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancers at Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Patients able to read and write in English
- Patients with an email account
- Patients newly diagnosed with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer (stage I-IV) likely to receive systemic therapy
You will not qualify if you...
History of severe allergic reactions to study medication Currently pregnant or breastfeeding Recent participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days Presence of uncontrolled medical conditions that could affect safety
AI-Screening
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lauren Hamel, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
3
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