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Health Insurance Navigation Program for Health Insurance (HINT Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Elyse R Park, PhD
Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
access to a smartphone, computer, or tablet with internet access
currently has health insurance
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1-2 months follow-up
Awards & highlights

HINT Trial Summary

This trial will test whether a health insurance navigation program can help improve health insurance literacy and decrease financial distress related to medical costs for childhood cancer survivors, who are more likely to be uninsured and have difficulties obtaining health insurance.

Eligible Conditions
  • Health Insurance
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors

HINT Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below
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Having access to a smartphone, computer, or tablet with internet access is a great way to stay connected with family and friends.
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currently has health insurance currently has health insurance.
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You are at least 18 years old.

HINT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1-2 months follow-up
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1-2 months follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
acceptability of the health insurance navigation program
feasibility of the health insurance navigation program
Secondary outcome measures
change from baseline familiarity with the ACA to 5-month follow-up
change from baseline health insurance literacy to 5-month follow-up

HINT Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Navigation InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The intervention will be delivered via synchronous videoconferencing (real-time delivery and communication between the navigator and the participant) by a trained patient navigator and will consist of 4, 30-minute sessions delivered every week, over the span of one month. The navigation intervention group will also receive a mailed copy of the brochure.
Group II: Enhanced Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention
Enhanced usual care will consist of an online or mailed health insurance resource guide.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Health Insurance Navigation Program
2020
N/A
~90

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor
2,918 Previous Clinical Trials
13,192,753 Total Patients Enrolled
American Cancer Society, Inc.OTHER
224 Previous Clinical Trials
110,375 Total Patients Enrolled
St. Jude Children's Research HospitalOTHER
426 Previous Clinical Trials
5,306,523 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Could you provide an estimate of the total number of participants in this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov reveals that this clinical trial, first posted on August 25th 2020 and recently updated March 1st 2022 is actively enrolling 80 individuals across one site."

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Is there room for additional participants in this research endeavor?

"Affirmative. According to clinicaltrials.gov, this experiment is still searching for participants, first posted on August 25th 2020 and last modified March 1st 2022. The study necessitates 80 individuals from a single site."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Massachusetts
How old are they?
18 - 65
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Did not meet criteria
Recent research and studies
~18 spots leftby Mar 2025