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This trial studies how well an application-based question prompt list works in improving treatment cost discussion between patients with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer and their oncologists. An application-based question prompt list, called Discussion of Cost Application (DISCO App), may help to improve how patients and oncologists discuss cancer treatment costs.
The overall goal of this research is to reduce financial toxicity related to the cost of cancer treatment in a diverse patient population. The research tests the feasibility of an application-based ("app") communication intervention designed to improve the frequency and quality of patient-oncologist treatment cost discussions during clinical interactions, which, in turn, should improve other short- and longer-term patient outcomes, including referrals to economic support (e.g., social work); efficacy in managing treatment cost; treatment cost distress; financial toxicity; and treatment adherence. If successful, this study will result in an evidence-based tool that can reduce financial toxicity and improve medical outcomes for a diverse patient population.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention Arm | Experimental | This feasibility study includes only one arm. All enrolled patients will be asked to use the intervention. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Discussions of Cost App (DISCO App) | Behavioral | The DISCO App is an app-based and patient-focused intervention designed to improve the frequency and quality of patient-oncologist treatment cost discussions. The DISCO App allows patients to provide basic demographic information (e.g., employment status, insurance status, etc), and uses that information to provide patients with an individually-tailored list of treatment cost questions they can ask their provider. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient-oncologist treatment cost discussions | Observational measures using video-recorded patient-oncologist treatment discussions | During the treatment discussions and observed via video recordings of those discussions. |
| Patient-oncologist treatment cost discussions | Self-report measures of if and how patients and oncologists discuss treatment cost. | Collected immediately after the interaction with the oncologist |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient financial demographics | Patient financial situation (e.g., income, perceived economic burden, etc.) | Collected immediately prior to the interaction with the oncologist |
| Change in patient treatment cost information desired and gained |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Lauren Hamel, Ph.D. | Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 37364004 | Derived | Hamel LM, Dougherty DW, Hastert TA, Seymour EK, Kim S, Assad H, Phalore J, Soulliere R, Eggly S. The DISCO App: A pilot test of a multi-level intervention to reduce the financial burden of cancer through improved cost communication. PEC Innov. 2021 Oct 30;1:100002. doi: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2021.100002. eCollection 2022 Dec. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000086522 | Financial Stress |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D013315 | Stress, Psychological |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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The research tests the feasibility of an application-based ("app") communication intervention designed to improve the frequency and quality of patient-oncologist treatment cost discussions during clinical interactions, and associated measures.
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There is only one arm and patients will know they are testing the intervention. Physicians will not be told explicitly which of their patients are enrolled in the study but they may see patients with the intervention (either on an iPad or in a printed version).
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What cost treatment information patients want before the interaction and if they gained it during the interaction with their oncologist.
| Collected immediately prior to and immediately after the interaction with the oncologist |
| Change in patient efficacy in managing treatment cost (10-item scale). This measure will assess any change in the patients' efficacy in paying for the cost of their cancer treatment before and after the intervention. | If patients think they will be able to pay for the cost of their cancer treatment. This is adapted from a validated 10-item scale (Peterson AM, Harper FW, Albrecht TL, et al. Parent caregiver self-efficacy and child reactions to pediatric cancer treatment procedures. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2014;31(1):18-27.) An example item is: "I am confident I can pay for the costs of my treatment." Patients will respond to a scale from Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5) with higher values representing a better outcome. | Collected immediately prior to and immediately after the interaction with the oncologist |
| Satisfaction with treatment cost discussions (3-item scale). This will assess the extent to which patients are satisfied with any discussions of treatment cost they had with their oncologist. | The extent to which patients are satisfied with any treatment cost discussion they had with their oncologist. This is an investigator-developed 3-item scale. An example item is: "I am satisfied with how my oncologist and I discussed treatment cost today." Patients will respond to a scale from Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5) with higher values representing a better outcome. | Collected immediately after the interaction with the oncologist |
| Length of the interaction | Observer measure of the length of the patient-oncologist collected using video recordings. | During the patient-oncologist interaction and observed via video recordings of the treatment discussions |
| DISCO App use (observer measure) | Observer measure of how patients use the DISCO App collected using video recordings | Prior to and during the patient-oncologist interaction |