Frequency of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in African American Men in the San Francisco Area

Completed

• Conditions: Prostate Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT00702104
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Screening may help doctors find prostate cancer sooner, when it may be easier to treat.

PURPOSE: This research study is looking at whether patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine the degree to which patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened.

OUTLINE: Participants complete questions on a survey about prior prostate-specific antigen blood tests done for the purpose of screening for prostate cancer and are asked about their pastor, church, and how they heard about the SELECT study to determine the degree to which African-American men in a church-going population have been previously screened.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-01
• Primary Completion: 2008-01
• Study First Submitted: 2008-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-06-19
• Study First Posted: 2008-06-20
• Status Verified: 2013-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Degree to which patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States