Clinical trial · Interventional
#CuttingCRC: Barbershop-Based Trial & Colorectal Cancer
Developing a Barbershop-Based Trial on Masculinity Barriers to Care and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among African-American Men Using a Mixed Methods Approach
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): PI no longer employed at institutuion
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this behavior change focused, culture-specific, pilot, peer intervention is to target masculinity barriers to medical care (MBMC) considering a range of psychosocial factors associated with uptake of CRC screening (fecal immunochemical test (FIT)) among African-American men. Barbershops will serve as intervention sites and barbers will be trained in the technique of Motivational Interviewing (MI) which will guide the barbers to encourage their clients with culturally relevant messaging to take a FIT kit home and then send to the lab for processing (uptake). The main questions it aims to answer are the feasibility of recruitment, sample size estimation, preliminary efficacy, and the acceptability of barbers to deliver culture-specific messages that aim to overcome masculinity barriers to medical care. Researchers will compare the culture-specific intervention with a control arm, where barbers provide their client an evidenced-based American Cancer Society brochure on colorectal cancer screening to understand if barbers peers using MI and culturally relevant messaging better overcome masculinity barriers to medical care than the barber using the brochure alone.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Culture Specific | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Culture specific
- description
- The culture-specific arm "may" entail FIT kits plus barbers as motivational interviewers.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Culture Specific
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Control
- description
- Distribution of CRC screening brochures \& FIT (Fecal Immunochemical Test) kits by barbers
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Scale development
- timeFrame
- Year 1-2
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 45 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Characteristics of Participants/Inclusion Criteria: \[Phase 1 of 2\] * Aim 1A: men who 1) self-identified as non-Hispanic Black/African American, 2) were born in the US; 3) were between ages 45-75; 4) had a working telephone; 5) spoke and understood English; \& 6) resided in Utah, Ohio, or Minnesota. * Aim 1B: men who 1) self-identified as non-Hispanic Black/African American, 2) were born in the US; 3) were between ages 45-75; 4) had a working telephone; 5) spoke and understood English; 6) resided in Utah, Ohio, or Minnesota; \& 7) had a phone with internet capabilities. Participant Exclusion Criteria: \[Phase 1 of 2\] * Aim 1A: men who 1) did not self-identify as non-Hispanic Black/African American, 2) were not born in the US; 3) were not between ages 45-75; 4) did not have a working telephone; 5) did not speak and understand English; \& 6) did not reside in Utah, Ohio, or Minnesota. * Aim 1B: men who 1) did not self-identify as non-Hispanic Black/African American, 2) were not born in the US; 3) were not between ages 45-75; 4) did not have a working telephone; 5) did not speak or understand English; 6) did not reside in Utah, Ohio, or Minnesota; \& 7) did not have a phone with internet capabilities. \[Phase 2\] Inclusion: For Aim 2, our pilot intervention Eligibility Criteria \& Recruitment includes 60 non-Hispanic Black/African-American male participants who: 1) have never completed CRC screening; 2) are 45-75 years old; 3) were born in the U.S.; 4) reside in Minnesota, Ohio, or Wisconsin; 5) have a telephone with internet, and 6) speak English. As a feasibility intervention, sample size is not based on the power to detect a certain effect size. Rather, n = 60 (30 per arm) was chosen based on practical considerations (e.g., cost, recruitment). With the assistance of barbers and culture-specific marketing materials, we will recruit at least five participants per week from six intervention participation sites (barbershops). \[Phase 2\] Exclusion: For Aim 2, our pilot intervention Eligibility Criteria \& Recruitment excludes men who are not Non-Hispanic Black/African-American as well as those who: 1) have never completed CRC screening; 2) are not 45-75 years old; 3) were not born in the U.S.; 4) do not reside in Minnesota, Ohio, or Wisconsin; 5) do not have a telephone with internet, and 6) do not speak English.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDRogers CR, Okuyemi K, Paskett ED, Thorpe RJ Jr, Rogers TN, Hung M, Zickmund S, Riley C, Fetters MD. Study protocol for developing #CuttingCRC: a barbershop-based trial on masculinity barriers to care and colorectal cancer screening uptake among African-American men using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design. BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 24;9(7):e030000. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030000. PMID 31345981