Testing Radon Com Methods: Clinical Trial Smartphone App vs Print Brochures

The purpose of this research study is to compare the effectiveness of radon information delivered via the radon app vs. a traditional approach (printed brochure). The prevalence of exceptionally high levels of residential radon in ND, coupled with public's poor understanding of this hazard, is a critical public health problem.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Lung Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Print brochure; Other: The radon app

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 130
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Dakota
    • Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, 58202
      • University of North Dakota

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The principal eligibility criterion is that participants own a smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The principal exclusion criterion is previous testing for radon within the past two years.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Print brochures; Participants assigned to the print brochure group will receive three educational print brochures about radon published by EPA via postal mails for three months (one per each month).	Other: Print brochure; Participants will receive print brochures.
Experimental: The radon app; Participants assigned to the radon app group will be asked to use the radon app for three months where they will be exposed to mobile friendly educational content that is repurposed from educational print brochures about radon published by EPA.	Other: The radon app; Participants will be asked to use the radon app.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ordering a free radon test kit	The rate at which participants order a free radon test kit	Through the study completion - 3 months
Using the radon test kit	The rate at which participants use the radon test kit to test their houses	Through the study completion - 3 months
Change from baseline radon knowledge at 3 months	Participants' knowledge about radon and its dangers, how to protect themselves from radon, etc.	Change from baseline knowledge level to the completion of study at 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of North Dakota
• Investigators: Study Director: Soojung Kim, University of North Dakota; Principal Investigator: Gary G Schwartz, University of North Dakota

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 5, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 5, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 31, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): April 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 2, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 1, 2022
• Last Verified: November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: CTR radon PCF

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