NCT Number: NCT07681791
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if a digital intervention to improve sun safety, Sun Safe Together (SST), is feasible and acceptable to teenagers and their parents.
Interested in participating?
Request Info13 year and older
All sexes
Interventional
Not applicable
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
Location status: Recruiting
Anna Mitarotondo, MS
CONTACT
Carolyn J. Heckman, PhD
CONTACT
Carolyn J. Heckman, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Katie A. Devine, PhD, MPH
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Melanoma is a leading cause of invasive cancer in teens and young adults aged 15-39. Most skin cancers are preventable with skin protection such as minimizing UVR exposure and wearing protective clothing and sunscreen. However, teens have low levels of sun protection. Thus, interventions targeting skin cancer risk reduction among teens are needed. The proposed Sun Safe Together (SST) intervention is a 12-week program consisting of sun safety and general health messages sent via multimedia messaging service (MMS) to teens and via a private Facebook group for parents.
This pilot trial is a single arm test of SST to determine:
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Parents and teens are participating as dyads, meaning both the parent and the teen need to be deemed eligible based on the criteria below to be able to participate.
Teens
Parents/Guardians
Teens will receive MMS messages regarding sun safety behaviors and other general health issues for 12 weeks.
Parents of teenagers join a private Facebook group where membership, activities, and content are only viewable by invited members. Content related to teen sun safety and general health will be posted for 12 weeks. Research staff will moderate the group.
Time frame: Baseline
Feasibility of recruitment will be assessed by the proportion of eligible parent-teen dyads that enroll in the study
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention
Items were adapted from the Acceptability of Intervention and Feasibility of Intervention Measures to obtain participant feedback about the acceptability, feasibility, ease of use, and impact of the intervention. Individual items are rated on a 5-point likert scale from (1) Completely Disagree to (5) Completely Agree. Higher scores indicated greater acceptability.
Time frame: 3-months
Proportion of messages viewed will be calculated to describe engagement.
Time frame: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months
Proportion of teens who complete 7-day diaries will be calculated.
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months
Proportion of teens who return UVR dosimeter with usable data will be calculated.
Time frame: 3-months, 6-months
Proportion of enrolled teens who complete surveys at 3- and 6-months will be calculated.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Other
A Digital Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Adolescents and Their Parents
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