Young Melanoma Family Facebook Intervention or Healthy Lifestyle Facebook Intervention in Improving Skin Examination in Participants With Melanoma and Their Families

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Clinical Stage 0 Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Clinical Stage IA Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Clinical Stage IB Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; First Degree Relative; Pathologic Stage IB Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Pathologic Stage IIA Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Pathologic Stage IIIC Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Clinical Stage II Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Pathologic Stage 0 Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8; Pathologic Stage II Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8
• Interventions: Other: Informational Intervention; Other: Survey Administration

• Registration Number: NCT03677739
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Brief Summary

This trial studies how well Young Melanoma Family Facebook intervention or Healthy Lifestyle Facebook intervention works in improving skin examination in participants with melanoma and their families. Young Melanoma Family Facebook intervention or Healthy Lifestyle Facebook intervention may help improve total cutaneous examinations, skin self-examinations, and sun protection among first degree relatives of young onset participants and the participants themselves.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine the efficacy of the Young Melanoma Family Facebook intervention versus the Healthy Lifestyle Facebook intervention on total cutaneous exam (primary outcome), skin self-exam frequency and comprehensiveness, and sun protection practices (secondary outcomes) of first degree relatives (FDRs) of young melanoma survivors.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine the efficacy of the Young Melanoma Family Facebook intervention on patients? skin self-exam frequency and comprehensiveness and sun protection habits.

II. To examine the mechanisms of intervention efficacy.

OUTLINE:

PHASE I: Researchers refine content for the Facebook intervention condition and conduct usability testing.

PHASE II: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Participants join a secret Young Melanoma Family Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on skin cancer for 12 weeks.

ARM II: Participants join a secret Healthy Lifestyle Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on healthy lifestyle for 12 weeks.

PHASE III: Dissemination planning.

After completion of study, participants are followed up at 6 months.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-08-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-17
• Study First Posted: 2018-09-19
• Study Start: 2019-06-03
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-27
• Primary Completion: 2026-06-01
• Study Completion: 2026-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1160

Inclusion Criteria

• PATIENT: Diagnosed with stage 0-3 melanoma in the last 5 years
• PATIENT: Age at diagnosis 18-39 years
• PATIENT: Completed treatment at least 3 months previously
• PATIENT: Recruited from New Jersey or California State Cancer Registry or MD Anderson Cancer Center
• PATIENT: Does not have a concurrent cancer diagnosis
• PATIENT: Able to speak and read English
• PATIENT: Access to computer, internet, and has a Facebook account
• PATIENT: At least one family member consents
• FDR: Current age 18-80 years
• FDR: Does not have a personal history of melanoma
• FDR: Able to speak and read English
• FDR: Access to computer, internet, and has a Facebook account
• FDR: Has only one FDR with melanoma (patient)
• FDR: Has not had a total cutaneous examination (TCE) in the past 3 years, has done skin self-exam (SSE) fewer than three times in the past year, OR has a sun protection habits average score less than or equal to 4 (?often?)
• FDR: Patient consents

Exclusion Criteria

• Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Thomas, et. al., 1992): This 7-item scale will be used to screen out individuals who will need to consult a physician for medical clearance before engaging in physical activity. If a participant checks off any of the items, the investigators will ask for a physician clearance before consenting to study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm 1 Young melanoma Family Facebook focusing on skin cancer	Informational Intervention	Participants join a secret Young melanoma Family Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on skin cancer for 12 weeks.
Arm 2 Healthy Lifestyle Facebook focusing on healthy lifestyle	Survey Administration	Participants join a secret Healthy Lifestyle Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on healthy lifestyle for 12 weeks.
Arm 1 Young melanoma Family Facebook focusing on skin cancer	Survey Administration	Participants join a secret Young melanoma Family Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on skin cancer for 12 weeks.
Arm 2 Healthy Lifestyle Facebook focusing on healthy lifestyle	Informational Intervention	Participants join a secret Healthy Lifestyle Facebook Group and view post messages focusing on healthy lifestyle for 12 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total cutaneous examination (TCE)	At 6 months	Will be assessed as a binary response (yes/no) did participant have one

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Skin Self-exam (Relatives)	Up to 5 years	Skin self-exam of first degree relatives will be analyzed as a binary (yes/no) Response did participant complete one Yes/No
Skin self-exam - Count Response (Relatives)	Up to 5 years	Skin self exam of first degree relatives count response will be calculated as frequency/month. Frequency per month reported as a number.
Skin self-exam - Comprehensiveness (Relatives)	Up to 5 years	: Skin self-exam of first degree relatives comprehensiveness calculated as total # body parts examined during the skin self-exam
Skin self-exam - Comprehensiveness (Patients)	Up to 5 years	Skin self-exam of patients comprehensiveness calculated as total # body parts examined during the skin self-exam.
Sun Protection Habits (Relatives)	Up to 5 years	sun protection habits score of first degree relatives will be calculated as continuous variables using the Sun protection behaviors scale (Glanz, et. al., 2002) which measures 5 behaviors (regular outdoor use of: sunscreen, hat, shade, long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses).
Skin self-exam - Count Response (Patients)	Up to 5 years	Skin self-exam of patients count response calculated as (frequency/month). Frequency per month reported as a number
Sun Protection Habits (Patients)	Up to 5 years	sun protection habits score of patients will be calculated as continuous variables using the Sun protection behaviors scale (Glanz, et. al., 2002) which measures 5 behaviors (regular outdoor use of: sunscreen, hat, shade, long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses).

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; 🇺🇸 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

MD Anderson Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States