Enhancing Skin Cancer Early Detection and Treatment in Primary Care
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Skin cancer screening may help find melanoma sooner, when it may be easier to treat. If found early melanoma and other types of skin cancer may be curable. Multi-component education may be an effective method to help primary care physicians (PCPs) learn about skin cancer screening. This clinical trial examines whether a clinician-focused educational intervention can improve PCP's knowledge and clinical performance to identify and triage skin cancer. This intervention may increase the PCP's ability to diagnose, treat and/or triage early-stage melanoma.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
- Evaluate whether a multi-component education strategy improves the ability of PCPs to identify and triage skin cancer.
OUTLINE:
Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.
PCP participants complete group training and online training sessions on study. Participants who complete the online training also take part in pre-post knowledge and confidence tests. A sub-group of providers will participate in a qualitative interview.
PCPs at the two clinics who are in pods that are not assigned to receive the intervention will serve as study comparators. Comparison group has no direct exposure to the group or online training sessions.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| No Intervention: Comparison group PCPs at the two clinics who are in pods that are not assigned to receive the intervention will serve as study comparators. Comparison group has no exposure to the group or online training sessions. |
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| Experimental: Other, Pragmatic PCP participants complete group training and online training sessions on study. Participants who complete the online training also take part in pre-post knowledge and confidence tests. A sub-group of providers will participate in a qualitative interview. |
Behavioral: Training and Education
Undergo group and online trainings
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Reach of the educational intervention [6 months]
Measured by proportion of clinicians invited to participate in the educational intervention that complete the training modules.
- Clinician knowledge and confidence in screening for skin cancer [6 months]
Change in knowledge and confidence scores from pre to post training assessed via online survey.
- Use of risk assessment tool [18 months]
Measured through electronic health record (EHR) data.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Identification of suspicious lesions [18 months]
Measured through EHR data.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Two Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) primary care pods at two clinics will be assigned to receive exposure to the melanoma early detection intervention
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Clinicians at the two clinics who are in pods that are not assigned to receive the intervention will serve as study comparators
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These individuals are all aged 18 years or older
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All practice members speak English
Exclusion Criteria:
- No one will be intentionally excluded
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | OHSU Knight Cancer Institute | Portland | Oregon | United States | 97239 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
- Oregon Health and Science University
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Susan A Flocke, Ph.D., OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- STUDY00024809
- NCI-2022-09484
- STUDY00024809
- P50CA244289