Intervention for Medical Student to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Among Latinx Transmasculine Individuals

NCT ID: NCT06844097

Last Updated: 2025-03-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-04-07
• Study Completion Date: 2026-08-31

Brief Summary

The team aims to test the effectiveness of an intervention to increase gender-affirming cervical cancer prevention behaviors targeted at medical students studying in Puerto Rico and Florida. The team expects that after exposure to the intervention, relative to the control group, participants in the experimental condition will manifest more favorable changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adequate care towards Latinx transmasculine and non-binary people.

Detailed Description

Transmen (TM) and non-binary individuals (NB; individuals assigned female sex at birth who identify as a man, male, or another diverse non-binary gender identity on the masculine spectrum) are at higher risk of screening-detectable cancers. Latinx TM-NB (LTM-NB) are at a higher risk for cervical cancer (CC) as they intersect two health disparity populations with high risk for this type of cancer (gender identity and ethnic minorities). Despite CC being highly preventable, LTM-NB individuals have been found to have lower rates of CC screening than cisgender female patients (persons who are not transgender). Unfortunately, findings from the team's previous funded studies with LTM-NB individuals in Puerto Rico (PR) and Florida evidence that providers lack knowledge regarding LTM-NB individual's healthcare needs, have negative stigmatizing attitudes, and manifest discriminatory behaviors in clinical interactions with LTM-NB individuals; which greatly limits their ability for engaging in recommended education and prevention guidelines of care for CC screening and prevention. In light of this, the research team (community stakeholders from PR and Mainland US, researchers, and providers) has developed a brief online intervention to improve medical students' competencies for cervical cancer education and screening promotion among LTM-NB individuals.

The proposed study aims to: 1) Test the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and skills for providing healthcare to LTM-NB. , 2) Determine the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of implementing the interventions in real-world medical educational settings.

While the team has preliminary data regarding the efficacy of the intervention, this pilot is proposing a rigorous study design: Aim 1 will measure the magnitude of effect of the intervention, and Aim 2 measures the implementation. This study will address cervical cancer disparities among LTM-NB individuals. The impact of this study will reveal new effective interventions and implementation strategies. The translational implications of this work will result in providing medical schools with a cross-cultural tool to train students on cervical cancer prevention for LTM-NB individuals.

Conditions

Clinical Competence; Medical Education; Cervical Cancer Screening

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Cervical Cancer Trans Inclusive Education (CC-TRAINED) Module

Participants assigned to the experimental condition will receive the CC-TRAINED intervention.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cervical Cancer Trans Inclusive Education (CC-TRAINED) Module

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

An online course designed to increase cervical cancer prevention clinical skills among medical students when working with Latinx transmasculine populations.

Disaster Preparedness Course

Participants randomized to the control condition will receive a Disaster Preparedness Course, addressing the basics of natural disaster preparedness

Group Type: OTHER

Disaster Preparedness Course

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

An online course designed to improve professionals' skills and competencies for engaging in disaster preparedness.

Interventions

Cervical Cancer Trans Inclusive Education (CC-TRAINED) Module

An online course designed to increase cervical cancer prevention clinical skills among medical students when working with Latinx transmasculine populations.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Disaster Preparedness Course

An online course designed to improve professionals' skills and competencies for engaging in disaster preparedness.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Medical student currently in third year of medical school training

Exclusion Criteria

• Do not speak English

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Ponce Medical School Foundation, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Alixida Ramos Pibernus, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ponce Health Sciences University

Matthew B Schabath, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute

Central Contacts

Alixida Ramos-Pibernus, PhD

Role: CONTACT

aliramos@psm.edu

787-840-2575

Matthew B Schabath, PhD

Role: CONTACT

matthew.schabath@moffitt.org

813-745-4150

Other Identifiers

2U54CA163071-11

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2308159535R001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id