Engaging Black Men in Colorectal Cancer Screening (SUCCEED)

SUCCEED: Engaging Black Men in Colorectal Cancer Screening (CRC) Screening

To determine the unmet needs, attitudes, barriers and facilitators of African American (AA)/ Black men use of colorectal cancer screening and describe how community leaders such as barbers may act as Community Champions to educate and facilitate screening participation.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer; Behavior; CRC
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: mHealth Application

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Virginia
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
      • Virginia Commonwealth University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult men
• Identify as Black or African American
• Work or live in Petersburg, VA or surrounding counties
• Eligible for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at time of study enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to speak or read English
• Currently up-to-date with CRC screening

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• 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: Tailored Screen to Save (S2S) content; Content to be delivered using a combination of short video and text-based information optimized for delivery via Quick Response (QR) codes for smartphones.

Behavioral: mHealth Application; Self-directed application (app) that is downloaded to the participant's personal device. The app contains five informational videos, that provide an orientation to the content on the app, and discuss what colorectal cancer is, and the type of CRC screening tests that are available as well as a video with a personal history. There is a a National Cancer Institute (NCI) risk calculation tool, and a family history infographic. Once the videos have been viewed participants have the option to indicate if they wish to receive a call from the healthcare clinic to discuss scheduling an appointment for screening.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Colorectal Screening Status	The number of participants that complete screening (any type)	3 Months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Determine Feasibility of Mobile Health (mHealth) Application -Enrollment	The number of men that enroll for the intervention (application)	Week 1
Determine the Feasibility of the mHealth Application-Videos	The number of participants that view the videos	Week 1
Determine the Feasibility of the mHealth Application- Retention	The number of participants that complete Questionnaires (>65%)	Baseline (Day 1), Week 2, and Week 12
Determine the Feasibility of the mHealth Application- Clinic/ Screening Request	The number of participants that respond to the request to contact clinic/ navigation services	Week 12
Determine the Feasibility of the mHealth Application - Sharing Content	The number of participants that share content on social network	Week 12

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Maria Thomson, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealt University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 5, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 25, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): June 25, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 27, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 7, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 20, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2025
• Last Verified: August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Colorectal Screening behaviors
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Intestinal Diseases; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Rectal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Colorectal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: MCC-21-18632; HM20023619 (Other Identifier: Virginia Commonwealth University); CA264067-01 (Other Grant/Funding Number: NCI)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES

Drug and device information, study documents

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