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Passive Versus Active Educational Interventions for Melanoma Recognition

NCT04507048 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 560

Last updated 2020-12-02

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Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of a passive versus an active educational intervention in increasing the ability of laypersons at low risk for melanoma development, in recognizing atypical skin melanocytic lesions. Patients will be randomized (1:1) to receive the active or the passive intervention.

Conditions

  • Educational Problems
  • Melanoma (Skin)

Interventions

OTHER

Active educational intervention

an active educational intervention will be provided in the experimental arm, consisting in the administration of a booklet (passive intervention) + an oral standardized explanation of the booklet given by a trained dermatologist for each center.

OTHER

Passive educational intervention

Administration of a booklet containing the explanation of 2 clinical rules for early detection of atypical melanocytic lesions: the ABCDE and the "ugly duckling" rules.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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