NCT03677739Active, not recruiting
Young Melanoma Family Facebook Intervention or Healthy Lifestyle Facebook Intervention in Improving Skin Examination in Participants With Melanoma and Their Families
Facebook Intervention for Young Onset Melanoma Patients and Families
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1160 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 24 Aug 2018
- Start date
- 3 Jun 2019
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Diseases
- Melanoma
- NCT number
- NCT03677739
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 1160
- From 3 Jun 2019 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Lab values
- 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
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Brunswick | United States | Unknown status |
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