Evaluating Online Messages About Colon Cancer Screening

Colonic Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating Online Messages About Colon Cancer Screening

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06134089
• Other study ID #: HCI164736
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 5, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 8, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of the study is to determine, using a choice-based approach, what messages (pulled from various online sites) people find more and less persuasive and shareable on the topic of colorectal cancer screening. As a secondary goal, the study is interested how various information behaviors, such as people's self-reported seeking of health information and encountering of health information, demographic variables, individual difference variables, and message exposure associate with their intentions to adhere to recommended colorectal cancer screening guidelines from the National Cancer Institute. The study is interested at differences specifically among Black and White Americans of recommended screening age (45-74).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2186
• Est. completion date: February 8, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 8, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 45 Years to 74 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Identify as white/Caucasian or Black/African American.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not identify as white/Caucasian or Black/African American.

• Previously diagnosed with colorectal cancer

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colonic Cancer
• Colonic Neoplasms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Perceived Effectiveness Prompt
Participants will assess pairs of messages with the prompt, "Which of the messages below is more likely to make you want to get screened for colorectal cancer? Participants will also be able to provide their own idea for a message rather than selecting a message from the pairs presented.
• Perceived Shareability Prompt
Participants will assess pairs of messages with the prompt, "Which of the messages below would you be more likely to share with your friends or family?" Participants will also be able to provide their own idea for a message rather than selecting a message from the pairs presented.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Utah Hospital/ Huntsman Cancer Institute	Salt Lake City	Utah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Utah

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of messages generated by participants	To determine, using a choice-based approach, what messages (pulled from various social media sites) people find more (and less) persuasive on the topic of colorectal cancer screening.	15 minutes