Warning Signs of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Prevention of SCC by at Risk Organ Transplant Recipients

Using focus group and cognitive interviews with organ transplant recipients, the investigators developed interactive workbooks: a) prevention by sun protection b) early detection by skin self-examination (SSE). The investigators hypothesis is if the patient learns by acquiring skills in a favorable environment, then the patient may reduce their anxiety, enhance self-efficacy and perform self-management by SSE and sun protection. The investigators also evaluate existing internet sources of primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer for organ transplant recipients.

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Key information

Conditions

Squamous Cell Carcinoma Carcinoma Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Squamous Cell

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

People with a history of solid organ transplantation within the last 2 years
Speaks English
Can see to do SSE, capable of seeing to read a newspaper
Stable health, patients report a general state of well being

Exclusion criteria

Unable to speak English
Insufficient vision to see their own skin as determined by their ability to read a newspaper
Comorbid debilitating disease
Dementia or insufficient cognitive skills to follow instructions provided at a sixth grade language level.

Treatment and study plan

Educational intervention

Behavioral

Mnemonic and a workbook used by kidney transplant recipients to assist with early early detection of SCCs.

Placebo

Behavioral

Completed surveys

Primary outcomes

Number of Control and Intervention Participants on Skin Self-examination Performance at Follow-up 1 Month After Intervention

Time frame: 1 month

The number of control and intervention participants who checked their skin for cancer within the 1 month after the study visit.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Northwestern University

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Registry information

Acronym: SCCs in OTRs

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: May 21, 2010
Registry last updated: Apr 3, 2015

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