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Developing and Testing the Effectiveness of a Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program

NCT07247123 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2026-01-27

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Summary

Skin cancer is a significant public health concern, even in an Asian society like Singapore where it ranks among the top 10 cancers. This RCT tests the effectiveness of a skin cancer educational intervention to improve skin cancer outcomes among skin-of-color individuals, including the effects of gain versus loss framing.

Conditions

  • Skin Cancer
  • Skin Cancer Prevention
  • Benign Skin Growth

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program with gain-framing

This educational website will feature gain-framing messages, emphasizing the benefits of adopting a behavior, utilising positive language and analogies. The interventional domains are (1) Education on skin cancer risk factors and epidemiology, (2) UV Protection Advice, (3) Skin Self-Examination Techniques and (4) Differentiating benign vs malignant skin conditions.

BEHAVIORAL

Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program with loss-framing

This educational website will feature loss-framing messages, highlight the consequences of failing to adopt a behavior, utilising negative language and analogies. The interventional domains are (1) Education on skin cancer risk factors and epidemiology, (2) UV Protection Advice, (3) Skin Self-Examination Techniques and (4) Differentiating benign vs malignant skin conditions.

BEHAVIORAL

Wait-list Control

Participants in the control group will gain access to the intervention websites after the 4-month questionnaire is completed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ellie Choi, MBBS · National University Hospital, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-28
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31

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