Development of the Oncology Opportunity Cost Assessment Tool
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Official title
Development of the Oncology Opportunity Cost Assessment Tool (OOCAT)
Brief summary
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This study develops and tests an instrument to measure opportunity costs called the Oncology Opportunity Cost Assessment Tool (OOCAT) in cancer patients. Patients experience significant costs, both direct financial as well as indirect costs, associated with seeking cancer treatment. While the direct financial impact of care on patients is receiving increased attention, other important consequences, such as opportunity cost, remain largely unmeasured. Opportunity cost is an economics term that refers to the loss of potential benefits from other options when one option is chosen - if resources are used for one purpose, they are no longer available for the next best option. The information and knowledge gained from this study may help researchers develop the OOCAT, which may allow them to understand the opportunity cost of treatment for each patient. The OOCAT may then be used to determine not just the best medications for patients, but also the best comprehensive treatment plan that will allow them to get the right treatment in the right place at the right time.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04694911
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Focus Group Behavioral
- Interview Other
- Research or Clinical Assessment Tool Other
Behavioral · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Not listed
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 20, 2019
- Primary completion
- May 10, 2021
- Completion
- Jul 30, 2021
- Last update posted
- Apr 28, 2025
2019 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 28, 2025 · Synced Sep 21, 2026
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