Status:
COMPLETED
Targeted Melanoma Detection With Skin Self-Examination During COVID-19 Restricted Physician Access
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Conditions:
Melanoma
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to reduce melanoma mortality by improving early detection of melanoma with skin self-examination (SSE) among people who self-identify as being at risk and seek care for a ...
Detailed Description
The proposed work will assess the effectiveness of targeted melanoma detection (TMD) with SSE education delivered remotely to women who had a screening mammogram. The effect of TMD with SSE education ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult women (aged 18 and older) with no upper age limit, who had a screening mammogram from January 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020.
- Able to read English
- Vision enough to read a newspaper
- Self-perception of their potential melanoma risk
- Willing to perform SSE either alone or with a skin check partner
- Willing to complete monthly surveys for 3 months and receive monthly text messages to personal mobile phone
- Have home Internet access and phone with ability to take a picture of a mole
- Have access to Federal Express or US Postal Service Express Mail to send mole self-sampling kits
- Willing to allow the research team access to their electronic health record to abstract physician assessment of concerning moles, biopsy results and treatment
- Willing to provide up-to-date email address, mailing address and telephone number
- Inclusion criteria of skin check partner, who may be a man or a woman, to have mole self-sampled
- Male or female over the age of 18 years
- Able to read English
- Vision enough to read a newspaper
Exclusion
- Male
- Female under the age of 18
- Unable to read English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 2 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
1000 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04420273
Start Date
July 2 2020
End Date
March 1 2021
Last Update
November 23 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Dermatology
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611