Pilot Randomized Pediatric RISE (Resource Intervention to Support Equity) Feasibility Study
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Summary
The goal of this research study is to learn whether investigators can successfully give the PediRISE program to families-in other words, whether most families are interested in participating in a study about the PediRISE program, including a 50-50 chance of receiving standard usual care, and a 50-50 chance of receiving the PediRISE support program. The names of the study groups in this research study are: * PediRISE Program Group * Usual Care Group
Description
This is a pilot, multi-center, randomized research study for the feasibility of the administration of the PediRISE program among 40 poverty exposed children with (1) a new diagnosis of childhood cancer at DFCI and Columbia University and among poverty-exposed families with a child with cancer and (2) receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) at DFCI, Columbia University, or the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF). Randomization means there is an equal chance of being assigned to the PediRISE Program Group or the Usual Care Group. Study procedures include screening for el…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Up to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria Cohort 1: Poverty-exposed children with cancer receiving front-line cancer-directed therapy 1. Child diagnosed with de novo cancer 2. Child has established care at a study site and initiated cancer directed therapy in the prior 2-months 3. Child planned to receive at least 4-months of cancer-directed therapy at study site from time of diagnosis per initial cancer treatment plan 4. Child is \<18 years at time of enrollment 5. Parent/guardian screened positive for self-reported low-income (\<200% FPL) 6. Family primary residence in CA, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY or RI 7. Provide…
Interventions
- BehavioralPediRISE Resource Program
A centrally administered, income-poverty targeted intervention that includes twice-monthly direct provision of unrestricted cash transfers along with benefits counseling to mitigate the risk of loss of means-tested benefits. Funds will be dispersed to families via provided debit card or through personal banking, PayPal, or Venmo.
Locations (4)
- University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, California
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
- Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, Massachusetts
- Columbia University Medical CenterNew York, New York