Financial Burden Assessment in Patients With Stage I-III Colon or Rectal Cancer Undergoing Treatment

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT03516942

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group565 enrolled

Overview

This research trial studies the financial burden in patients with stage I-III colon or rectal cancer who are undergoing treatment. Collecting data from patients about their cost and quality of life may help doctors to better understand the impact of cancer treatment on a patient?s employment and finances.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the change in level of self-reported financial burden from baseline (within 60 days of diagnosis) to 12 months after diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer treated with curative-intent. SECONDARY OBJECTVIES: I. Evaluate reported access and utilization of financial services (i.e. financial counselor, navigator, social workers) and its association to financial burden in the first 12 months after diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer treated with curative-intent. II. Evaluate the change in level of self-reported financial burden and employment limitations from baseline (within 60 days of diagnosis) to 3, 6, and 12 months after diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer treated with curative-intent. III. Evaluate long term outcomes at 24 months after diagnosis including financial burden, employment limitations and adherence to clinical follow-up guidelines. IV. Evaluate the change of quality-of-life outcome (QoL) from baseline to 12 months and its association with predictors. V. Evaluate the change in level of self-reported financial burden from baseline to 12 months using alternate measures of financial burden (i.e. impact of cost questions and single item from European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer \[EORTC\] questionnaire \[Q\]30). OUTLINE: Patients complete questionnaires over 20-60 minutes at baseline and at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after cancer diagnosis.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

565

Conditions

Stage I Colon Cancer AJCC v8 Stage I Rectal Cancer AJCC v8

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must have a life expectancy of \>= 24 months * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-3 * Patients must have a newly diagnosed colon or rectal cancer (initial diagnosis, either a biopsy or curative surgery, whichever is most recent) within 60 days of registration and have not yet received radiation or chemotherapy * Patients must have stage I, II, or III disease at the time of enrollment and will be treated with curative-intent; this can be defined either clinically or pathologically if they have already undergone surgery; for staging of both colon and rectal cancer, the definition of stage I-III is based on the seventh edition (2010) or an updated version of the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging system * Patients are not eligible if they are already enrolled on a treatment clinical trial at the time of registration; they can remain on the study if they subsequently enroll on a treatment clinical trial during the study time period * Patients who choose to not receive radiation and/or chemotherapy after a curative-intent surgery are eligible to participate * Patients with a history of previous malignancy (except non-melanoma skin or cervical in-situ cancer) treated (with either surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation) within the last 3 years are not eligible * Patients must be able to complete questionnaires in English * Patients must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST)

The Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) COST is an 11-item patient-reported outcome (PRO) of financial hardship that uses a 7-day time window and 5-point Likert response scale (ranging from 0, indicating not at all, to 4, very much). Higher COST scores (range, 0-44) represent better financial well-being. The primary objective is to evaluate the change in the level of self-reported financial burden from baseline (within 60 days of diagnosis) to 12 months from study registration. (12 mo - baseline)

Time frame: Baseline and 12 months after cancer diagnosis

Secondary Outcomes

Reported Access and Utilization of Financial Services

Will evaluate reported access and utilization of financial services (i.e. financial counselor, navigator, social workers) and its association to financial burden in the first 12 months after diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer treated with curative-intent. Will be assessed by Consumer Based Cancer Care Value Index (CCVI). For the continuous item variable, will conduct the paired t test to examine the difference if the distribution is normal. If not normally distributed, Wilcoxon signed rank test will be used. For the categorical item variable, the paired proportion test (e.g., McNemar test) will be used instead. The association between CCVI and COST measures will be evaluated using the Pearson or Spearman correlation coefficient.

Time frame: Up to 12 months

Change in Level of Self-reported Employment Limitations

Change in level of self-reported employment limitations from baseline to 6, 12 and 24 months after study registration will be assessed by Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for a Specific Health Problem (WPAI:SHP). WPAI outcomes are expressed as impairment percentages, with higher numbers indicating greater impairment and less productivity, i.e., worse outcomes, as follows: Questions: 1. = currently employed 2. = hours missed due to specified problem 3. = hours missed other reasons 4. = hours actually worked 5. = degree problem affected productivity while working 6. = degree problem affected regular activities Scores: Multiply scores by 100 to express in percentages. Percent work time missed due to problem: Q2/(Q2+Q4) Percent impairment while working due to problem: Q5/10 Percent overall work impairment due to problem: Q2/(Q2+Q4)+\[(1-(Q2/(Q2+Q4)))x(Q5/10)\] Percent activity impairment due to problem: Q6/10

Time frame: Baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months after cancer diagnosis

Level of Self-reported Employment Limitations (Dichotomized)

Time frame: Baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months after cancer diagnosis

Long Term Outcomes After Diagnosis for Adherence

Will evaluate long term outcomes at 24 months after diagnosis for adherence to clinical follow-up guidelines. Specially, linear (or generalized linear) mixed model will be fit to study the change in the mean response over time. In case the changes in the mean response over time are not linear, the quadratic trends or non-linear trends via spline may be considered in the modeling. Interactions will be evaluated as well.

Time frame: At 24 months

Long Term Outcomes After Diagnosis for Financial Burden

Will evaluate long term outcomes at 24 months after diagnosis for financial burden. Specially, linear (or generalized linear) mixed model will be fit to study the change in the mean response over time and also the effects of cancer type, stage, treatment plan and demographics, etc. on financial burden. In case the changes in the mean response over time are not linear, the quadratic trends or non-linear trends via spline may be considered in the modeling. Interactions will be evaluated as well.

Time frame: At 24 months

Long Term Outcomes After Diagnosis for Employment Limitations

Will evaluate long term outcomes at 24 months after diagnosis for employment limitations. Specially, linear (or generalized linear) mixed model will be fit to study the change in the mean response over time. In case the changes in the mean response over time are not linear, the quadratic trends or non-linear trends via spline may be considered in the modeling. Interactions will be evaluated as well.

Time frame: At 24 months

Change of Quality-of-life (QoL) Outcome

Will evaluate the change of QoL from baseline to 12 months and its association with predictors. Will be evaluated by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General.

Time frame: Baseline up to 12 months

Changes Self-reported Financial Burden Between Baseline and 12 Month [EORTC]

Financial Burden was evaluated using a single item from European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire 30 \[EORT30\]) with responses for both baseline and 12 months EORTC30 question: Has your physical condition or medical treatment caused you financial difficulties? * Not at all * A little * Quite a bit * Very much with higher values indicating greater financial difficulty (burden) Responses were dichotomized into No difficulty ("Not at All" ) and some difficulty ( "A little", "Quite a bit", or "Very much")

Time frame: Baseline and12 months

Financial Burden Assessment in Patients With Stage I-III Colon or Rectal Cancer Undergoing Treatment

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