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The Use of Mole Mapping Diagrams to Increase Skin Self Examination Accuracy

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Brown University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00237965
First received: October 11, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: May 2004
History: No changes posted
  Purpose

This study aims to improve Skin Self-Examination accuracy by a simple cost effective intervention requiring participants to complete a mole-mapping diagram.


Condition Intervention
Melanoma
 Behavioral: Mole Mapping Diagram

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Official Title: The Use of Mole Mapping Diagrams to Increase Skin Self Examination Accuracy

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Brown University:

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female subjects above age 18 of any ethnicity will be enrolled in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have significant skin disease which would not allow manipulation of their photographs consistent with the rest of the subjects.
  • Since the study instructions are in English, Non-English speakers will be excluded.
  • Those with co-morbidity sufficiently severe to prevent them from being able to perform a SSE will be excluded.
  • In addition, those with cognitive impairment who are unable to give informed consent, or to understand the study instructions given to them, will be excluded.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00237965

Sponsors and Collaborators
Brown University
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Martin A Weinstock, MD, Ph.D Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, RI
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00237965     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 00001402
Study First Received: October 11, 2005
Last Updated: October 11, 2005
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Brown University:
Skin Self Examination
Mole Mapping Diagram
Melanoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Melanoma
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
 Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas

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