The Effect of the Prostate Cancer Foundation Screening Guidelines for Black Men on Intention to Screen in Faith-based Communities

NCT ID: NCT06838325

Last Updated: 2025-10-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-02-06
• Study Completion Date: 2025-10-29

Brief Summary

To learn about barriers to prostate cancer screening in Black, faith-based communities. Investigators will use the information collected in this study to create a prostate cancer education program that is relevant to Black men within the church and improve prostate cancer screening.

Detailed Description

Primary Objective To determine barriers to prostate cancer screening in Black faith-based communities through focus group assessments which will inform a culturally relevant prostate cancer education and early detection program.

Conditions

Prostate Cancer Screening

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Prostate Cancer Foundation Screening

Participants will be asked about your views and personal opinions on barriers of prostate cancer screening in the Black community, with a specific focus on Black men in church. Participants will also watch an educational video about prostate cancer and review specialized prostate cancer guidelines for Black men and will be asked to provide feedback about these materials.

The focus group will take about 2 hours to complete and will be led by the study Investigator and a research coordinator. A member of the research team will also take notes during the focus group, and the discussion will also be audio recorded and transcribed (written down word for word).

Additionally, participant demographic information will be collected (such as your age).

Group Type: OTHER

Prostate Cancer Screening

Intervention Type: OTHER

The focus group will take about 2 hours to complete and will be led by the study Investigator and a research coordinator. A member of the research team will also take notes during the focus group, and the discussion will also be audio recorded and transcribed (written down word for word).

Additionally, participant demographic information will be collected (such as your age).

Interventions

Prostate Cancer Screening

The focus group will take about 2 hours to complete and will be led by the study Investigator and a research coordinator. A member of the research team will also take notes during the focus group, and the discussion will also be audio recorded and transcribed (written down word for word).

Additionally, participant demographic information will be collected (such as your age).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-reported identification of Black/ African American
• Willingness to participate in the study with signed and dated informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-english proficiency
• Unwillingness to participate in the study or inability to sign and date an informed consent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Matthew T Smith

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

NCI-2025-01043

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2024-1312

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id