Recruiting

Financial Compass

Sponsor:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Code:

NCT06896695

Conditions

Head and Neck Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Best Practice

Discussion

Financial Navigation

Survey Administration

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Head and Neck Carcinoma

Study ID

NCT06896695

Start date

Sep 23, 2025

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Feb 25, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 25, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: discussion

Participants take part in a community advisory board and/or a health care delivery advisory board on study to discuss, develop and refine the Financial Compass intervention.

experimental: Group I (Financial Compass intervention)

Patients receive the Financial Compass intervention on study including a patient needs assessment, a tailored care pathway and weekly individualized navigation and support to access resources.

active comparator: Group II (usual care)

Patients receive usual care on study including medical consultations and supportive care.

Interventions

Best Practice

Receive usual care

Discussion

Ancillary studies

Financial Navigation

Receive the Financial Compass intervention

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Primary outcome measure

  • Development of the Financial Compass intervention (Aim 1) [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
  • Feasibility of the Financial Compass intervention (Aim 2) [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263

Contacts

Elizabeth Bouchard

716-845-8357elizabeth.bouchard@roswellpark.org

Principal Investigator:

Elizabeth Bouchard

More Information

Sponsor

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Last update posted

Jun 8, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Roswell Park Cancer Institute on 2026-06-08.