Sun Exposure and Activities After Skin Cancer: Optimization of mHealth Interventions

Part of paid clinical trials in Chicago, Illinois.

Sponsor
Northwestern University
Study ID
NCT07556380
Status
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Conditions

  • Melanoma (Skin Cancer)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • UV Real-Time Alerts — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will receive text-based alerts about high-risk sun exposure as assessed by their UV device. If they are assigned this intervention, they will use a UV device.
  • Track Your Sun Protection — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants report their clothing and sunscreen use on a digital avatar each time they go outdoors. If they are assigned this intervention, they will use a UV device.
  • Current Conditions — BEHAVIORAL
    This displays a participant's location's UVR index and notifies them of ultraviolet radiation forecasts for different times throughout the day.
  • Health Coaching — BEHAVIORAL
    Bi-weekly (four times total) a trained health coach will individually call participants to discuss progress towards sun protection goals and provide support and advice. Scheduled calls, pre-interview questions, and goals will be displayed in the app.
  • Action Planning — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will be instructed on how to set action plans for sun protection and will receive information from a mobile app about setting plans for enacting health behaviors and counteracting barriers.
  • Core Components — BEHAVIORAL
    All participants receive two core components, messages and lessons. Messages delivers two helpful UV protection tips per week and lessons contains 5 UV education courses for participants to read.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to evaluate 5 different smartphone administered sun protection interventions that aim to reduce unprotected sun exposure in melanoma survivors. Participants are asked to wear an ultraviolet (UV) device and an activity monitor (Actigraph) to measure their daily UV exposure and track their physical activity for three separate assessment weeks and complete daily surveys. After the first assessment week, eligible participants are assigned up to 5 different sun protection interventions that are administered through a smartphone application for 8 weeks. Following 8-week use of the sun protection interventions, participants complete another assessment week. At the end of the assessment week, participants provide feedback on the design and usability of the UV device, smartphone application and each of the sun protection interventions that they experienced. One year later, participants are contacted again to complete a final assessment week.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026
Completion
Sep 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
150 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 1
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 2
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 3
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 4
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 5
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 6
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 7
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 8
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Track Your Sun Protection
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 9
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Current Conditions + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 10
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Current Conditions + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 11
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Current Conditions + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 12
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Current Conditions
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 13
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 14
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 15
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 16
    Research participant receives the Core Components + UV Real-Time Alerts
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 17
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 18
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 19
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 20
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Current Conditions
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 21
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 22
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 23
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 24
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Track Your Sun Protection
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 25
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Current Conditions + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 26
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Current Conditions + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 27
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Current Conditions + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 28
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Current Conditions
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 29
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Health Coaching + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 30
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Health Coaching
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 31
    Research participant receives the Core Components + Action Planning
  • Experimental: Experimental Condition 32
    Research participant receives the Core Components only

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility: Retention Rates [ Time Frame: Intervention period (weeks 2-9) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Northwestern UniversityChicagoIllinois60611
Nabil Alshurafa, PhD
[email protected]
3125034517
Huntsman Cancer Institute at The University of UtahSalt Lake CityUtah84112
Tammy Stump, PhD
[email protected]
801-646-4201

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