Digital vs. Printed Photographs: Impact on Skin Self-Examinations

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Melanoma

Treatments: Behavioral: Social support network; Behavioral: Digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device; Behavioral: Skin exam reminders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02520622

821426

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim is to determine the impact of using digital photographs on a mobile device versus printed photographs on skin self-examination rates. The ease-of-use and overall satisfaction with the two exam modalities will be evaluated. Secondarily, the impact on melanoma thickness at detection, melanoma detection, biopsy, and office visit rates will be evaluated. The study involves patients in the Pigmented Lesion Clinic that have received total body photography for skin monitoring.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients presenting to the Penn Dermatology Pigmented Lesion Clinic who have a mobile device for personal use that either:
• (1) already have total body photography images, have a compact disc (CD) of digital versions of these images, and who do NOT already conduct proper monthly skin exams at home, and
• (2) patients that are having new images taken

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that are children or adolescents
• Patients that are court-ordered to attend residential alcohol or other drug treatment facilities and therefore considered prisoners
• Patients that are incompetent to provide informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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69 participants in 4 patient groups

Control

Experimental group

Description:

Patients use digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device

Reminders

Experimental group

Description:

Patients use digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device and receive skin exam reminders

Treatment:

Behavioral: Skin exam reminders

Behavioral: Digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device

Social Support

Experimental group

Description:

Patients use digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device and a social support network

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device

Behavioral: Social support network

Combined

Experimental group

Description:

Patients use digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device and a social support network and receive skin exam reminders

Treatment:

Behavioral: Skin exam reminders

Behavioral: Digital photographs loaded onto a mobile device

Behavioral: Social support network