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- Clinical Trial NCT01508013
An Appearance-Based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk (iSTART)
April 26, 2016 updated by: Joel Hillhouse, East Tennessee State University
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a skin cancer prevention website is effective at reduce female teenagers' desire to use indoor tanning and ultimately their use of indoor tanning over an 18 month period.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The project is designed to improve the understanding of, and ability to affect UV risk behavior in teenage populations.
The International Agency for Research in Cancer classifies indoor tanning as "carcinogenic to humans."
There is evidence that female indoor tanning use increases dramatically from freshman to senior years of high school (e.g., 25-40% of older high school girls) making high school a critical time period for anti-tanning interventions to be carried out.
This proposal assesses the effectiveness of a skin cancer prevention website for a nationally representative sample of high school teens in a randomized controlled trial.
Teens exposed to the website will report reduced indoor tanning intentions, frequency and overall percentage of users while increasing sun protective behaviors at long-term (i.e 18 month) follow-up.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
443
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Tennessee
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Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, 37614
- East Tennessee State University
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
12 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
Female
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Teenager between 12 and 18 years old; has either indoor tanned in the past year or has indicated their intentions to indoor tan in the coming year.
Exclusion Criteria:
- None other than not meeting inclusion criteria.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Appearance-Focused Website Intervention
This is a Internet-based appearance-focused prevention intervention based on the Behavioral Alternatives Model.
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The intervention is a teen-friendly website with information concerning the health and appearance effects of indoor tanning.
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Active Comparator: Control Website
Control participants viewed an Internet site designed to provide drug and alcohol education for teens.
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The control website contains information about alcohol and drug abuse which is oriented for a teen audience.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Indoor Tanning Behavior
Time Frame: 12 months
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Self-report measure of the number of times the teenager has indoor tanned over 12 month time period.
The self-report measure has been validated in previous studies.
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12 months
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Indoor Tanning Intentions
Time Frame: 12 months
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A validated measure of the teenagers intentions to use indoor tanning in the next 12 months.
Indoor tanning intentions are measured on a scale that ranges from 1 (definitely do not intend to indoor tan; better) to 7 (definitely do intend to indoor tan; worse).
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12 months
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Indoor Tanning Willingness
Time Frame: 12 months
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Scale that measures adolescents willingness to indoor tan in the future.
Indoor tanning willingness is measured on a scale that ranges from 1 (definitely not willing; better) to 7 (definitely willing; worse).
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12 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Joel J Hillhouse, Ph.D., East Tennessee State University
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start
May 1, 2011
Primary Completion (Actual)
May 1, 2014
Study Completion (Actual)
December 1, 2014
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 9, 2012
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 9, 2012
First Posted (Estimate)
January 11, 2012
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
June 2, 2016
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
April 26, 2016
Last Verified
April 1, 2016
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1R01CA134891-01A2 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
IPD Plan Description
The proposed research will include data from high school teenage women who indoor tan.
The final dataset will include self-reported demographic, attitudinal, cognitive and behavioral data from surveys about private personal behaviors.
The final dataset will be stripped of identifiers prior to release for sharing.
We will make the data and associated documentation available to users only under a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and to not attempting to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed.
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