A Community Engagement Approach to Improving Communication With Black Men About Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers

NCT07172776 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY2022-0658CHERC-MSI-21-168-01-CHERC-MSI
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

1. 1.Specific OPC patient communication (COPC) tool to address OPCs among Black men.
2. 2.Assess the COPC tool's ability to improve dental providers' communication with Black men.
3. 3.Implement a pilot test of the culturally tailored OPC communication tool in community-based settings to assess perceptions, knowledge and experiences of Black men receiving oral cancer screenings

Conditions

Oral Cancers

Keywords

oral cancer communication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• oral cancer communication

  This communication tool will ideally help dentists communicate with their patients about oral cancer risk and treatment. The oral cancer screenings will occur in person. Participants will complete a pre-survey either on paper or online, engage with a dentist or dental student, then complete a post-survey

  10 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Pre-post survey

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a pre-survey either on paper or online, engage with a dentist or dental student, then complete a post-survey.

Behavioral: oral cancer communication tool

Interventions

oral cancer communication tool BEHAVIORAL

The overall goal is to determine if the OPC communication tool has potential to enhance Black-men's and dentists' comfort discussing oral and pharyngeal cancers in clinical-like settings. Each Aim builds upon activities from the previous Aim. Aim 1a and Aim1b activities will produce a culturally- aligned oral-pharyngeal cancer communication (COPC) tool that will be used in Aim 2. In Aim 2 activities, dental providers will receive training on the tool and practice utilization of the tool. The tool will be further revised using the additional feedback from Aim 2 activities. In Aim 3, the revised culturally- aligned COPC tool will be utilized in community-based settings. In this IRB amendment-modification, we are seeking approval for Phase III/ Aim 3 activities.

Pre-post survey

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may not qualify if:

• Does not self-identify as African American or Black
• Does not self-identify as male
• Less than Age 18
• Does not reside or work in the UI Cancer Center catchment area
• Is a dental professional or dental student
• Self-Identify as African American or Black
• Self-Identify as male
• Age 18 and over
• Licensed as a general dentist in IL
• Age 18 and over
• Practice general dentistry in the University of Illinois Cancer Center catchment area
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• Not licensed as a general dentist in IL
• Not Age 18 and over
• Does not practice general dentistry in the University of Illinois Cancer Center catchment area

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Project Brotherhood: collaborator
• American Cancer Society, Inc.: collaborator
• University of Illinois at Chicago: lead
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Smith PD, Murray M, Bailey T, Peterson CE, Bekoe O, Weatherspoon DJ. A community-based participatory protocol to improving communication with Black men about oral and pharyngeal cancers: Research protocol. PLoS One. 2023 Aug 17;18(8):e0288478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288478. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37590209 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mouth Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Central Study Contacts

Patrick D Smith, DMD, MPH

CONTACT

312-492-2717; psmith26@uic.edu

Erica D Seltzer

CONTACT

312-413-7432; eseltzer@uic.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2025
• First Posted: September 15, 2025
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Last Updated: December 29, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share