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Sun Safe Together: A Digital Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Adolescents and Their Parents

No phase Interventional Skin Cancer Prevention

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Teen MMS, Parent Facebook.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Skin Cancer Prevention. Basic parameters: from 13 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Official title

A Digital Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Adolescents and Their Parents

Overview

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if a digital intervention to improve sun safety, Sun Safe Together (SST), is feasible and acceptable to teenagers and their parents.

Detailed description

Melanoma is a leading cause of invasive cancer in teens and young adults aged 15-39. Most skin cancers are preventable with skin protection such as minimizing UVR exposure and wearing protective clothing and sunscreen. However, teens have low levels of sun protection. Thus, interventions targeting skin cancer risk reduction among teens are needed. The proposed Sun Safe Together (SST) intervention is a 12-week program consisting of sun safety and general health messages sent via multimedia messaging service (MMS) to teens and via a private Facebook group for parents.

This pilot trial is a single arm test of SST to determine:

1. feasibility of enrolling parent-teen dyads 2. engagement with/acceptability of the intervention via message views and acceptability ratings 3. outcome data collection feasibility (i.e., daily diary, UVR exposure measured by UVR dosimeter) 4. retention rates for teens and parents at 3 and 6 months

Interventions

  • Behavioral Teen MMS
    Teens will receive MMS messages regarding sun safety behaviors and other general health issues for 12 weeks.
  • Behavioral Parent Facebook
    Parents of teenagers join a private Facebook group where membership, activities, and content are only viewable by invited members. Content related to teen sun safety and general health will be posted for 12 weeks. Research staff will moderate the group.

Primary outcome measures

  • Feasibility of recruitment [Time frame: Baseline]
  • Acceptability of MMS intervention [Time frame: Immediately after the intervention]
  • Engagement with MMS intervention [Time frame: 3-months]
  • Feasibility of Outcome Data Collection - 7-Day Diaries [Time frame: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months]
  • Feasibility of Outcome Data Collection - UVR Dosimeter [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months]
  • Retention [Time frame: 3-months, 6-months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

Parents and teens are participating as dyads, meaning both the parent and the teen need to be deemed eligible based on the criteria below to be able to participate.

Teens

  • Must be ages 13-17 years
  • Live with study parent equal to or greater than half time in US
  • Have experienced sunburn or indoor tanned in the last year or have a suboptimal sun protection score
  • Have no personal history of melanoma or severe medical condition that prevents participation
  • Have access to smartphone
  • Speak and read English

Parents/Guardians

  • Must be age 18 or older
  • Live with a teen equal to or greater than half time in US
  • Have a teen who had experienced sunburn or indoor tanned in the last year or have a suboptimal sun protection score
  • Have no personal history of melanoma or severe medical condition that prevents participation
  • Have internet at home, a Facebook account, and be willing to use Facebook daily
  • Have access to smartphone
  • Speak and read English

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Prevention

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Rutgers Cancer Institute — New Brunswick

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07681791 · Pro2025001264 · R34CA293237

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗