An Appearance-Based Intervention to Reduce Teen Skin Cancer Risk
iSTART
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interventional
443
1 country
1
Brief Summary
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started May 2011
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 9, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 11, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2014
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
June 2, 2016
CompletedJune 2, 2016
April 1, 2016
3 years
January 9, 2012
January 21, 2016
April 26, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Indoor Tanning Behavior
Self-report measure of the number of times the teenager has indoor tanned over 12 month time period. The self-report measure has been validated in previous studies.
12 months
Indoor Tanning Intentions
A validated measure of the teenagers intentions to use indoor tanning in the next 12 months. Indoor tanning intentions are measured on a scale that ranges from 1 (definitely do not intend to indoor tan; better) to 7 (definitely do intend to indoor tan; worse).
12 months
Indoor Tanning Willingness
Scale that measures adolescents willingness to indoor tan in the future. Indoor tanning willingness is measured on a scale that ranges from 1 (definitely not willing; better) to 7 (definitely willing; worse).
12 months
Study Arms (2)
Appearance-Focused Website Intervention
EXPERIMENTALThis is a Internet-based appearance-focused prevention intervention based on the Behavioral Alternatives Model.
Control Website
ACTIVE COMPARATORControl participants viewed an Internet site designed to provide drug and alcohol education for teens.
Interventions
The intervention is a teen-friendly website with information concerning the health and appearance effects of indoor tanning.
The control website contains information about alcohol and drug abuse which is oriented for a teen audience.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Limitations and Caveats
None noted
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Dr. Joel Hillhouse
- Organization
- East Tennessee State University
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Joel J Hillhouse, Ph.D.
East Tennessee State University
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 9, 2012
First Posted
January 11, 2012
Study Start
May 1, 2011
Primary Completion
May 1, 2014
Study Completion
December 1, 2014
Last Updated
June 2, 2016
Results First Posted
June 2, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
The proposed research will include data from high school teenage women who indoor tan. The final dataset will include self-reported demographic, attitudinal, cognitive and behavioral data from surveys about private personal behaviors. The final dataset will be stripped of identifiers prior to release for sharing. We will make the data and associated documentation available to users only under a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and to not attempting to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed.