A Mobile Health Intervention Among Hispanics

Part of paid clinical trials in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Study ID
NCT05389332
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cancer of Skin

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 100 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Hispanics Skin Cancer intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    With the insights from the community, the investigators will then develop the mobile intervention targeting Hispanics at risk for skin cancer to promote sun protection and SSE and get feedback to optimize the intervention. After the random allocation participants will receive instructions on how to use WhatsApp and then the intervention. They will receive WhatsApp messages about skin cancer for three months with optimal frequencies determined by prior aims and complete a post-intervention survey which contains the same questions in the pre-survey. The pilot RCT will be conducted around the spring/summer of Year four of the R00 when UVR is generally the highest in the US. The participants will be contacted at six months after the baseline survey to complete another survey similar to the post-intervention survey.
  • Control group: physical activity and nutrition for Hispanics — BEHAVIORAL
    Content will be developed from established websites such as CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity. We selected these topics because they are also of concern among Hispanics and provide an unrelated attention control.

Study Details

Hypothesis: More than 80% of the participants (n=40) will complete the intervention at three month (intervention completion) and the six month follow-up (retention rate as feasibility). More than 70% of the participants will report high overall study satisfaction (acceptability) with the intervention and study. This pre-pilot will inform intervention and procedural refinements for the pilot. Hypothesis: Participants who receive the intervention (n=57) will report more skin cancer-related preventive behaviors (e.g., mean of summed score of sun protection behaviors such as use of sunscreen, etc.) at three month and six month follow-up compared to those in the control condition (n=57, who will receive general information about physical activity and nutrition).

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 20, 2025
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2026
Completion
Oct 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
114 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Mobile skin cancer intervention
    Conduct a pilot of the refined intervention among Hispanics to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the user-centered mobile skin cancer intervention program.
  • Active Comparator: Control group: physical activity and nutrition information
    Participants will complete a baseline survey first; and then they will be randomly assigned into either the intervention group or the control group. After the random allocation participants will receive instructions on how to use WhatsApp and then the intervention. The participants will receive WhatsApp messages about skin cancer for three months with optimal frequencies determined by prior aims and complete a post-intervention survey which contains the same questions in the pre-survey. The participants will be contacted at six months after the baseline survey to complete another survey similar to the post-intervention survey.

Primary Outcome Measure

Sun protection behavior by self-report [ Time Frame: The change is being assessed at baseline, three month and six month follow-up intervals ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyNew BrunswickNew Jersey08901
Zhaomeng Niu, PhD
[email protected]
732-235-7921

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