Educational Intervention in Increasing Knowledge About Prostate Cancer in High-Risk Neighborhoods

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Prostate

Treatments: Other: Educational Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03197896

15G.337

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial studies how well an educational intervention works in increasing knowledge about prostate cancer in high-risk neighborhoods. Learning about prostate cancer and the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer may increase knowledge about prostate cancer while decreasing anxiety and concerns about prostate cancer screening.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To identify neighborhoods with disproportionately high rates of advanced prostate cancer and describe patient- and neighborhood-level risk factors associated with the high-risk neighborhoods.

II. To develop, using a mixed methods approach, a targeted educational intervention about prostate cancer for men who live in high risk neighborhoods.

III. To test the impact of the targeted intervention on levels of knowledge, anxiety, and informed decision making about prostate cancer (PCa) screening.

IV. To observe the rates of PCa screening in the intervention and control groups.

Enrollment: 296 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 40 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Focus groups consisting of men who live, work, or worship in the 4 predetermined neighborhoods
• Currently reside in one of the four selected high risk neighborhoods

Exclusion criteria

• Men who do not reside in one of the four neighborhoods, who self-report that they have previously been diagnosed with prostate cancer, or who have had prostate cancer screening (prostatic specific antigen [PSA] or digital rectal examination [DRE]) within the past 12 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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296 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I (prostate cancer information)

Experimental group

Description:

The educator reviews general information about the prostate Cancer

Treatment:

Other: Educational Intervention

Group II (general health information)

Active Comparator group

Description:

The educator reviews topics about health promotion actions.

Treatment:

Other: Educational Intervention