NCT06831552

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to test if the addition of a novel income-poverty targeted supportive care intervention (Pediatric Resource Intervention to Support Equity \[Pediatric RISE\]) to usual supportive care for low-income children with high-risk neuroblastoma can improve parent- and child-centered outcomes. Participants will be randomized to receive one of the following for 6-months:

  • Usual supportive care alone or
  • Usual supportive care plus Pediatric RISE

Trial Health

77
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
84

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
38mo left

Started Apr 2025

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

6 active sites

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress25%
Apr 2025Jun 2029

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 13, 2025

Completed
5 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 18, 2025

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 30, 2025

Completed
4.1 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2029

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 1, 2029

Last Updated

February 10, 2026

Status Verified

February 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

4.1 years

First QC Date

February 13, 2025

Last Update Submit

February 9, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

NeuroblastomaHigh-risk Neuroblastoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Household Material Hardship (HMH) Score Reduction Rate

    HMH score reduction rate is defined as the proportion of patients achieving at least 1 domain reduction in (food, housing, utility or transportation insecurity). HMH scores range from 0 to 4, with scores of 0 indicating no hardship (unexposed) and scores of 1-4 indicating the presence of hardship (exposed). Patients who are unexposed to HMH at baseline (HMH score of 0) are excluded from the analysis.

    Baseline (T1) and 6-months (end-intervention; T3)

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Pediatric-Modified Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST)

    3-months (end-of-induction; T2) and 6-months (end-intervention; T3)

  • Parent Psychological Distress (Kessler-6) Score Change from Baseline to 6 Months

    Baseline (T1) and 6-months (end-intervention; T3)

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Cognitive Abilities Score Change from Baseline to 6 Months

    Baseline (T1) and 6-months (end-intervention; T3)

Study Arms (2)

Arm 1: RISE Intervention + Usual Supportive Care

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio and stratified according to treatment group and Household Material Hardship (HMH) severity score. Participant parents/guardians will complete: * Orientation visit in-person, by phone, or virtually with survey * Access to usual supportive oncology care comprised of social workers, resource specialists and/or psychosocial oncology teams * Meeting with a benefits counselor by phone or virtually and follow up meetings if needed * Fixed amount of cash assistance 2x monthly * 3 months survey * 6 month survey

Behavioral: RISE Intervention

Arm 2: Usual Supportive Care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio and stratified according to treatment group and HMH severity score. Participant parents/guardians will complete: * Orientation visit in-person, by phone, or virtually with survey * Access to usual supportive oncology care comprised of social workers, resource specialists and/or psychosocial oncology teams * 3 month survey * 6 month survey

Interventions

Income-poverty targeted, supportive care intervention that includes direct cash transfers delivered by the Fund for Guaranteed Income, a non-profit organization, along with benefits counseling to discuss the risk of means-tested benefits loss or reduction. Funds will be dispersed to families via debit card or through personal banking, PayPal, or Venmo on a twice monthly basis for a total of twelve disbursements (6-months). Meetings with a benefits counselor will be conducted by the HIPAA-compliant video conference platform, Zoom.

Also known as: Pediatric Resource Intervention to Support Equity
Arm 1: RISE Intervention + Usual Supportive Care

Eligibility Criteria

AgeUp to 17 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Patient cohort: The randomized Phase II multi-center RISE intervention will be conducted among a population of poverty-exposed children with high-risk neuroblastoma. Poverty will be a priori defined as parent-reported low-income (\<200% Federal Poverty Level). Children receiving treatment for cancer at study sites will serve as the study cohort, with parents/guardians as survey informants and intervention recipients on behalf of their minor children given that parents (not children) typically manage household finances.
  • Patient newly diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma
  • Patient has established care at study site and initiated cancer-directed therapy
  • Patient has not yet initiated Induction Cycle 3
  • Patient aged 0-17 years at the time of consent
  • Parent/guardian screened positive for self-reported low-income (\<200% Federal Poverty) \*
  • Family primary residence in MA, PA, IL, CA, WA, CT, GA, WI and OH
  • Both patients co-enrolled on ANBL2131 or those receiving standard of care therapy at their center are eligible to participate
  • Patients of all languages are eligible to participate

You may not qualify if:

  • Foreign national family receiving care as an Embassy-pay patient.
  • Child or household member receiving SSI

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (6)

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

RECRUITING

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States

RECRUITING

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 03079, United States

RECRUITING

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

RECRUITING

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

RECRUITING

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neuroblastoma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, PeripheralNeuroectodermal Tumors, PrimitiveNeoplasms, NeuroepithelialNeuroectodermal TumorsNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms, Nerve Tissue

Study Officials

  • Kira Bona, MD, MPH

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE CARE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 13, 2025

First Posted

February 18, 2025

Study Start

April 30, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2029

Last Updated

February 10, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to Dr. Kira Bona. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
Time Frame
Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication

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