Status:
COMPLETED
Educational Program in Skin Self-Examination To Detect Melanoma in Healthy Participants
Lead Sponsor:
Rhode Island Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Melanoma (Skin)
Weight Changes
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: An educational program may be effective in increasing monthly skin self-examinations to detect melanoma in healthy participants. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how wel...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine the incidence of monthly thorough skin self-examinations (TSE) for early detection of melanoma in healthy participants who are under routine care by their primary care physici...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Healthy participants who are scheduled for a routine or health maintenance visit with a participating primary care office that meets all of the following criteria:
- At least 50% of patients are being seen for regular ongoing general medical care
- Specializes in internal medicine (subspecialties allowed), family medicine, or obstetrics/gynecology
- Employs at least 2 physicians who meet all of the following requirements:
- Agree to participate
- Work full-time, defined as at least 8 sessions per week of 3 or more hours
- Completed post-graduate training
- Not a federal employee or full-time hospital-based faculty
- Have been in practice at least 1 year
- Not planning on relocating or retiring within the next 3 years
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Must be able to read in either English or Spanish
- Has no household member who has been previously enrolled on this study, including a person who has the same telephone number or address
- Not in acute discomfort
- Able to comply with intervention
- No impairment that would preclude skin self-examination
- Must be able to view video
- No illness or disability that would preclude participation in the study interview
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Must not have been previously enrolled on this study
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
1135 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00416988
Last Update
June 20 2013
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