An Appearance-Based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk

NCT ID: NCT01508013

Last Updated: 2016-06-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

443 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether a skin cancer prevention website is effective at reduce female teenagers' desire to use indoor tanning and ultimately their use of indoor tanning over an 18 month period.

Detailed Description

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The project is designed to improve the understanding of, and ability to affect UV risk behavior in teenage populations. The International Agency for Research in Cancer classifies indoor tanning as "carcinogenic to humans." There is evidence that female indoor tanning use increases dramatically from freshman to senior years of high school (e.g., 25-40% of older high school girls) making high school a critical time period for anti-tanning interventions to be carried out. This proposal assesses the effectiveness of a skin cancer prevention website for a nationally representative sample of high school teens in a randomized controlled trial. Teens exposed to the website will report reduced indoor tanning intentions, frequency and overall percentage of users while increasing sun protective behaviors at long-term (i.e 18 month) follow-up.

Conditions

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Skin Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Appearance-Focused Website Intervention

This is a Internet-based appearance-focused prevention intervention based on the Behavioral Alternatives Model.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Appearance-Focused Website Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a teen-friendly website with information concerning the health and appearance effects of indoor tanning.

Control Website

Control participants viewed an Internet site designed to provide drug and alcohol education for teens.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control Website

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The control website contains information about alcohol and drug abuse which is oriented for a teen audience.

Interventions

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Appearance-Focused Website Intervention

The intervention is a teen-friendly website with information concerning the health and appearance effects of indoor tanning.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control Website

The control website contains information about alcohol and drug abuse which is oriented for a teen audience.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Teenager between 12 and 18 years old; has either indoor tanned in the past year or has indicated their intentions to indoor tan in the coming year.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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East Tennessee State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Joel Hillhouse

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Joel J Hillhouse, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

East Tennessee State University

Locations

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East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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1R01CA134891-01A2

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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