Behavioral Intervention in Reducing Indoor Tanning

The Development and Evaluation of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Indoor Tanning

This randomized clinical trial tests the efficacy of a behavioral intervention works in reducing indoor tanning. Artificial ultraviolet indoor tanning increases the chance of developing skin cancers. Behavioral interventions use techniques to help participants change the way they react to environmental triggers that may cause a negative reaction.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy Subject
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire Administration; Other: Internet-Based Intervention

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

To develop and evaluate an online tailored indoor tanning (IT) intervention based on findings from phase 1.

OUTLINE:

INTERVENTION: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP I: Participants receive intervention, weekly text messages about IT reduction, and personalized booster intervention. Participants then receive text messages twice weekly for 4 weeks.

GROUP II: Participants are placed on wait-list and may receive full intervention after follow-up.

After completion of study, patients are followed up at 3 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 54
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Kentucky
    • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
      • University of Kentucky

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Use of IT at least 25 times in the past year
• Women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group I (web-based Indoor Tanning intervention); Participants receive intervention, weekly text messages about IT reduction, and personalized booster intervention. Participants then receive text messages twice weekly for 4 weeks.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Questionnaire; Other: Internet-Based Intervention; Intervention
Active Comparator: Group II (wait-list); Participants are placed on wait-list and may receive full intervention after follow-up.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Prior 2-Month Indoor Tanning Sessions Reported by Participants on a Follow-up Survey	On the follow-up assessment administered 3 months after the baseline assessment, participants will estimate the number of times they used a tanning bed or booth with tanning lamps in the past 2 months with an open-ended response.	Up to 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Difficulty (Self-efficacy) in Quitting Tanning	Measured at post-intervention data collection (3 months post intervention) using single item assessment: "How hard would it be for you to stop using tanning beds/booths?" (Please answer on a scale for 0-10, where 0 is "Not at all hard", 10 is "Extremely hard").	At 3 months post-intervention
Sunburns	On the follow-up assessment administered 3 months after the baseline assessment, participants will estimate the number of times they had a sunburn in the past 2 months with an open-ended response.	Up to 3 months
Intentions to Use Indoor Tanning	For tanning intentions, participants indicated how likely they were to use an indoor tanning bed in the next year on a 6-point response scale anchored with 1 = Extremely unlikely and 6 = Extremely likely	Up to 3 months
Number of Participants Expressing Positive Interest in Changing Tanning	Interest in changing tanning was assessed using a single item: Would you like to reduce or quit indoor tanning if you could do so easily? Responses coded as 0 = no and 1 = yes	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Jerod L Stapleton, PhD
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Stapleton JL, Ray AE, Glenn SD, McLouth LE, Parmar V, Manne SL. A randomized controlled trial of a web-based personalized feedback intervention targeting frequent indoor tanning bed users: Engagement, acceptability, and preliminary behavioral outcomes. J Health Psychol. 2022 Mar;27(4):923-935. doi: 10.1177/1359105320982038. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 11, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 6, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): August 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 21, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): February 28, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 22, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2020
• Last Verified: September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 131315 (Other Identifier: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey); P30CA072720 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2018-00063 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); Pro2013003349 (Other Identifier: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey); K07CA175115 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No