Clinical trial · Observational
Health Behaviors, Surveillance, Psychosocial Factors, and Family Concerns
Melanoma Survivors: Health Behaviors, Surveillance, Psychosocial Factors, and Family Concerns
NCT00518050CI-TRIAL-00018563completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to examine the health behaviors of melanoma survivors. We want to know about their thoughts and concerns. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. The number of people being diagnosed with melanoma is growing. Many people who are diagnosed with melanoma are young. Little research has been done to find out how melanoma survivors feel years after they have been treated.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Psychological Factors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Survivors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus group | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Specific Aim 1- Focus Group
- description
- Conduct focus groups in melanoma survivors to enhance the understanding of the behavioral aspects of: * Screening, skin self-examination, sun protection, and other cancer preventive practices; * Cognitive factors (knowledge, awareness, melanoma worry, and perceived risk) related to screening and sun protection practices; and, * Impact of melanoma on quality of life, family relationships, and economic issues arising from treatment
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Focus group
- label
- Specific Aim 2- Survey Study
- description
- A separate random sample of melanoma survivors will complete the pilot questionnaire. To enhance completion rates, survey instruments will be developed to be both self-administered and interviewer-administered. The survey will include questions from existing surveys, regarding demographics, sun sensitivity, eye and hair color, color of untanned skin, sun exposure, skin selfexamination, sun protection practices and frequency of sunburns, psychosocial/cognitive factors: skin cancer knowledge, skin awareness, cancer worry, perceived risk of recurrence, cancer risk and screening behaviors, and access to health care and insurance.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Survey
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: For the focus group recruitment (Specific Aim 1) - Patients with melanoma (invasive primary cutaneous melanoma, stages 1-III), who have been treated at MSKCC from 1996-2005 For the survey group recruitment (Specific Aim 2): patients with melanoma (invasive primary cutaneous melanoma, stages 1-III), who have been treated at MSKCC from 2001-2011• Ability to sign informed consent which indicates the psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiological nature of this study • Age ≥ or = to 18 years and fluent in the English language Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with intraepithelial (in situ) melanoma * Patients with stage IV melanoma * Patients with nodal or visceral melanoma without a documented primary lesion * Patients with prior malignancies For the focus group recruitment (Specific Aim 1): (patients treated at MSKCC from 1996-2005) who have a diagnosis \>10 years ago from treatment. For the survey group recruitment (Specific Aim 2): patients treated at MSKCC from 2001-2011)who have a diagnosis \>10 years ago from treatment. * Patients with a recent diagnosis of melanoma, \<12 months * Patients who are one year or more post diagnosis and are still receiving treatment for their melanoma
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