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CompletedNCT02941900

Interest and Impact of Skin Cancer Genetic Testing

PERSONALIZED GENOMIC TESTING FOR MELANOMA: MAXIMIZING COMPREHENSION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN SKIN CANCER PATIENTS

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
53 (actual)
Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn whether the patient might be interested in skin cancer genetic testing, and if so, what kinds of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors might result from this testing. Testing for skin cancer risk based on the MC1R gene is not currently used in clinical practice; it will be offered in this study for research purposes only.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
GENETICMC1R genotyping
BEHAVIORALMC1R Testing WebsiteThe website includes three educational modules about genetic testing with corresponding knowledge questions.
BEHAVIORALBaseline Survey

Timeline

Start date
2016-08-01
Primary completion
2023-01-18
Completion
2023-01-18
First posted
2016-10-21
Last updated
2023-01-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02941900. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.