NCT07177638

A Community-based Educational Initiative to Raise Awareness of Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers.

A Community-based Educational Initiative to Raise Awareness of Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Pilot Proof of Concept Study

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a pilot study of a community- based melanoma educational intervention in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn conducted in-person by a community-health worker employed by the Perlmutter Cancer Center. Sample size will be around 35 participants. The participants will complete a pre-study survey and then take part in the educational session. There will be follow up study visits to assess the impact of the intervention on participant knowledge and skin self-examination behaviors at 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. At the 12-month mark, the participants will also complete a post-study survey.

Conditions

• Skin Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education Sessions to Improve Melanoma Knowledge and Awareness	Community based educational seminar led by a community health worker with follow-up questionnaires to assess knowledge retention and behavioral change.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2026-08-27
• Completion: 2026-08-27
• First posted: 2025-09-17
• Last updated: 2025-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States