University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
To implement a Financial Reimbursement and Outreach Program at clinical sites within the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center; and evaluate the impact of the program on clinical trial enrollment and demographics, as well as facilitators of and barriers to program participation.
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a Financial Reimbursement Program on recruitment and retention to therapeutic cancer clinical trials, including evaluating program facilitators and barriers, as well as patient acceptability and adoption of the program. The procedures involved for this study are surveys and interviews. Subjects will complete two surveys which are expected to take about 10-15 minutes. Some of the subjects will also be invited to complete follow-up interviews after 21 days and between 30 and 90 days. The surveys and interviews are for research purp…
Inclusion Criteria: * Be enrolled in a therapeutic cancer clinical trial * Speak English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Not enrolled in a clinical trial * Does not speak English or Spanish
Patients with any cancer type who are informed that they may be eligible for participation in any phase therapeutic cancer clinical trial by their treating physician (typically a clinical oncologist) will be provided information about the Financial Reimbursement Program. Patients who enroll to therapeutic cancer clinical trial will be eligible for the reimbursement program and offered an opportunity to participate in this study.
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