Routine Evaluation of the Social Determinants of Health in Oncology: User-centered Resource Coordination and Engagement (RESOURCE)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Gastrointestinal Cancer; Lung Cancer

Treatments: Other: Usual Care; Other: Resource Matching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04879927

20-437

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to understand how screening for patient resource needs followed by customized resource matching can improve outcomes for adults with breast, lung or gastrointestinal cancer.

Full description

This research study is an intervention assessment; this is the first-time investigators are examining the impact of screening for resource needs followed by customized resource matching at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

• The research study procedures include screening for social determinants of health (resource) needs and, depending on study group, resource matching.

• Participants will be randomized into one of two groups.

  • Usual Care or Usual Care with customized resource matching.

It is expected that about 125 participants will take part in this research study.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligible patients will be adults age 18 or older, able to consent, scheduled for a new patient consultation in DFCI BOC, TOP or GCC. To select for patients from demographic groups vulnerable to SDoH needs, two different groups will be eligible to participate.

• Group A

  • BIPOC (Black, Latinx, Native American or Pacific Islander)
  • LEP Spanish-speaking (As indicated by the EHR)
  • Low SES (from zip code with median household income <$32,000/year) OR
  • Age 70+

• Group B

  • Any one NPIQ response indicating SDoH need
  • Health literacy/numeracy, Caregiving/relationships, OR Finances

Exclusion criteria

• Group A and B

-- Patients not continuing care at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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125 participants in 2 patient groups

RESOURCE Matching

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized into the intervention arm will receive customized resource matching

Treatment:

Other: Resource Matching

Usual Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants randomized into the control group will receive a pre-existing pamphlet detailing DFCI resources

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care