Utilizing Technology to Promote Cancer Prevention

The goal of the program is to develop an online module/a health application for cell phones which will share didactic information regarding cancer prevention and early detection measures. These module/application will be developed, and be tested among volunteers for feedback. In the future, these module/application will be disseminated widely to address cancer health disparity particularly in Arkansas.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mobile App/Online Module

Detailed Description

The application or the online module will play a short didactic explanation video that will provide information about cancers and benefits of uptake of cancer prevention and early detection measures. It is currently unknown which method will be used, the online module or the application for the purpose. The study participants will be subjected to only one method (once the method have been finalized and created). The video content will engulf information about cervical, breast, colorectal and lung cancer prevention and early detection. After the video, the application or the module will capture information on gender, age, smoking status, body mass index and positive cancer history in family. Watching the video and answering the questions will take approximately 5 minutes. The study participants will download the application on their personal cell phones and the data collected will be linked to identifying information in case they choose to receive the compensation and opt for the 6-month follow-up. Based on the responses provided, and the age and the gender, the participants will be provided with a list of cancer prevention and early detection measure(s). A subset of the study participants from ARResearch (only those who have agreed for the 6-month follow-up) will be asked if they are willing to be contacted by the study staff after 6 ±1 months (from the date of enrollment in the study) to enquire if they received/adopted the screening measures(s) that were suggested based on their age, gender and family history. They will be asked whether it is OK to call and/or e-mail them for more information to better describe barriers to obtaining cancer prevention and screening measures.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 290
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arkansas
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
      • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any ARResearch volunteer
• 18 years or older in age
• Have access to a personal cell phone and/or computer

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to give an informed consent.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Mobile App/Online Module; Subjects will watch a short video containing information about cancers and benefits of uptake cancer prevention and early detection measures. Information regarding gender, age, smoking status, BMI and positive cancer history in family will be captured. Subjects will be provided with a list of cancer prevention and early detection measures based on the responses provided.

Behavioral: Mobile App/Online Module; Short didactic explainer video that will provide information about cancers and benefits of uptake of cancer prevention and early detection measures.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants to Learn New Information	Percentage of participants that indicated they learned something new about cancer prevention measures.	up to 6 Months
Percentage of Participants to Identify Needed Interventions	Percentage of participants that identified interventions that they have not yet adopted from the use of the health application.	up to 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Arkansas
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mayumi Nakagawa, Ph.D, University of Arkansas

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 20, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): July 14, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 17, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 20, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2021
• Last Verified: July 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 228815

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No