This trial studies how well a mobile text messaging intervention works in promoting indoor tanning cessation in young adult women. The purpose of this study is to help researchers understand what young adults who use indoor tanning devices, such as tanning beds, know, think, and feel about skin cancer. The study also seeks to understand if messages sent through mobile phone messaging can help young adults quit indoor tanning. Knowing more about this topic may help researchers improve programs designed to help young adult tanners quit to reduce their risk of skin cancer and other health outcomes.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT04055272.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Test the efficacy of a mobile text messaging intervention for promoting cessation among young adult women who meet clinical criteria for indoor tanning addiction.
II. Examine mediating mechanisms of the effects of the mobile text messaging intervention.
III. Explore potential moderators of intervention efficacy, including depressive symptoms and appearance orientation.
OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Participants receive text messages to their mobile phone twice weekly for 4 weeks. Participants may be asked to complete a telephone interview over 15 minutes.
ARM II: Participants receive information about indoor tanning that can be accessed online. Participants may be asked to complete a telephone interview over 15 minutes and online surveys.
Trial PhaseNo phase specified
Trial Typeprevention
Lead OrganizationMedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Principal InvestigatorDarren Mays
