Enhanced Assistance During Radiotherapy for Unmet Essential Needs

Study summary

This is a prospective single-arm study of an enhanced assistance intervention for patients with unmet essential needs undergoing \>10 fractions of radiotherapy comparing delay-free completion of radiotherapy in study participants to historic controls.

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Key things to know

Main goalSupportive Care

This describes the study’s primary purpose.

What is being studiedStandard assistance and Enhanced assistance

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Who it may be forBone Cancer · Brain Cancer

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Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 26, 2025 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov

Is enrollment open?Completed

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What kind of study?Not applicable

Interventional

Where is it offered?1 U.S. location

Locations may change over time.

Who runs it?Washington University School of Medicine

Study sponsor

Study overview

What this study is about

Purpose: Supportive Care
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
Interventions being studied: Other: Standard assistance; Other: Enhanced assistance

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How this study is categorized

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Treatment approach

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Public criteria

Who may be able to participate

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Requirements people may need to meetInclusion criteria

At least 18 years of age.
Planned to receive or currently receiving a protracted course of curative-intent (neoadjuvant, definitive, or postoperative) radiotherapy.
For the purposes of this study, radiotherapy must consist of \>10 fractions (if radiotherapy not yet initiated) or \>15 additional fractions after the date of consent (if radiotherapy initiated prior to study consent).
Be willing to undergo radiotherapy at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital location.
Indicate at least 1 unmet essential need, including food insecurity, transportation insecurity, housing instability, utility needs, childcare needs, or other financial insecurity.
Accept a referral to and meet with a social worker.
Have unmet essential needs that will not be able to be fully addressed by standard assistance. This determination can be made by the assigned social worker or by the patient after they meet with the social worker.
Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB approved written informed consent document. Legally authorized representatives may sign and give informed consent on behalf of study participants.

Reasons someone may not be able to joinExclusion criteria

Planned or scheduled to undergo radiotherapy simulation more than 28 days from the date of consent.
Admitted to the hospital and not expected to undergo \>10 fractions of radiotherapy as an outpatient.
Undergoing treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer. Patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer have a relatively low likelihood of completing radiotherapy due to the aggressive disease course.

Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.

Study sites

U.S. locations

Washington University School of MedicineSt Louis, Missouri

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