NCT03028948

Interactive Tailored Website to Promote Sun Protection and Skin Self-Check Behaviors in Patients With Melanoma

Internet Intervention for Sun Protection and Skin Self-check Behaviors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 485 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial studies how well an interactive tailored website works in promoting sun protection and skin self-check behaviors in patients with stage 0-III melanoma. An internet-based program may help individuals to perform skin self-checks and engage in sun protection behaviors.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the impact of the interactive tailored website (ITW) versus usual care on skin self-examination (SSE) and sun protection behaviors among individuals diagnosed with melanoma. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine mediators of the impact of the intervention. The effects of the intervention on SSE and sun protection behaviors will be mediated by melanoma knowledge, self-efficacy for SSE and sun protection behaviors, perceived benefits of SSE and sun protection behaviors, perceived barriers to SSE and sun protection behaviors, and perceived controllability of melanoma. TERTIARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine moderators of the impact of the intervention. To evaluate whether ITW effects are moderated by the following factors: time since diagnosis, disease stage, age, sex, income, education, Internet experience, distress about melanoma, worry about recurrence, and evaluation and usage of the ITW. OUTLINE: Phase I: Patients review draft website content materials in a semi-structured format and provide feedback via open- and closed-ended questions for the development, testing, and finalization of ITW. Phase II: Patients are randomized into 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients access ITW and complete each module over 30-40 minutes. ARM II: Patients receive usual care and are then offered ITW. All patients in Phase II complete surveys over 20-40 minutes at 8, 24, and 48 weeks.

Conditions

• Stage 0 Skin Melanoma
• Stage I Skin Melanoma
• Stage IA Skin Melanoma
• Stage IB Skin Melanoma
• Stage II Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIA Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIB Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIC Skin Melanoma
• Stage III Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIIA Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIIB Skin Melanoma
• Stage IIIC Skin Melanoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Internet-Based Intervention	Access ITW
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies
OTHER	Survey Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-13
• Primary completion: 2020-08-29
• Completion: 2020-08-29
• First posted: 2017-01-23
• Last updated: 2026-01-14
• Results posted: 2023-02-09

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States