NCT06896695Recruiting
A Financial Intervention (Financial Compass) to Identify and Address Financial Hardship Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Financial Compass Trial
Financial Compass: A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Novel Intervention to Identify and Address Financial Hardship Among Cancer Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This clinical trial compares the effect a financial intervention, called Financial Compass, to usual care in identifying and addressing financial hardship in patients with head and neck cancer. Previous research has shown that head and neck cancer patients experiencing financial hardship have decreased overall and cancer specific survival. Using a financial intervention, Financial Compass, may be more effective than usual care in identifying and addressing financial hardship in patients with head and neck cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2025
- Start date
- 23 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- 25 Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06896695
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 50
- From 23 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, 25 Feb 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Adults unable to complete the process of informed consent
- Adults whose primary language is not English or Spanish
- Individuals who are not yet adults (i.e., infants, children, teenagers)
- Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
Who the study is looking for
- They have been diagnosed with head and neck cancer
- Screen positive for financial hardship on the validated Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) measure
- Are able to participate in English or Spanish
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Recruiting |
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