NCT06439979

Rural Adult and Youth Sun Protection Study

Rural Adult and Youth Sun Protection Study - Rural Baseball R01

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 843 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to help prevent skin cancer by improving the use of sun protective behaviors among youths living in rural communities in Utah and West Virginia.

Detailed description

Children living in rural and under-served communities are at high risk for skin cancer; however, there are no evidence-based sun safety interventions showing durable effects for this vulnerable pediatric population. The objective of this proposal is to rigorously test a novel, multi-level approach to skin cancer prevention among young rural children that is delivered through developmental baseball leagues. To attain this objective, the investigators will conduct a two-arm cluster-randomized trial with the primary outcome being multi-behavior sun protection change among children.

Conditions

• Melanoma (Skin)
• Skin Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	RAYS Intervention	Developmental baseball leagues will be randomly assigned to RAYS vs. control. Outcomes include directly-observed child sun safety behaviors after controlling for environmental ultra-violet radiation (UVR), with parent-reported child sun protection and other related endpoints at 1 year.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-08
• Primary completion: 2029-08-01
• Completion: 2030-04-01
• First posted: 2024-06-03
• Last updated: 2024-12-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States