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

NCT06838325 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 2024-1312NCI-2025-01043
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Prostate Cancer Screening

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of Adverse Events, Graded According to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version (v) 5.0

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year.

Study Arms (1)

Prostate Cancer Foundation Screening

OTHER

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).

Other: Prostate Cancer Screening

Interventions

Prostate Cancer Screening 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).

Prostate Cancer Foundation Screening

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 75 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Matthew T Smith

  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 6, 2025
• First Posted: February 20, 2025
• Study Start: February 6, 2025
• Primary Completion: October 29, 2025
• Study Completion: October 29, 2025
• Last Updated: October 31, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Locations

US (1)