High school students lead the charge against cancer screening gaps
NCT ID NCT07008781
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study trains high school students (ages 15-18) to become health advocates and talk with adults in their community about cancer screening. The goal is to see if these youth-led conversations can increase screening rates among adults who are overdue. About 84 pairs of students and adults will take part, and the study will measure how many adults schedule or get screened within two weeks.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- youth-led cancer screening intervention (behavioral)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that training teens as health advocates is an effective way to increase cancer screening rates in underserved communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 84 participants, so results may not apply to other communities. It measures short-term screening rates, not long-term health outcomes.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 84 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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15 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Student at New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School (15-18 years) and their adult family members (18+ years old) who are NJ residents. * Adults must be eligible for at least one cancer screening other than skin (see below). * Participants must be fluent in either English or Spanish and the youth must speak the same language as the adult. Breast: 40-74 year old women Cervical: 21-65 year old women with a cervix (have not had a hysterectomy) Colorectal: 45-75 year olds Prostate: 50 to 69 year old men (start at 45 for black males) Lung: 50 to 80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Overall: 21-75 year old women 45-75 year old men 76-80 year olds who currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years Exclusion Criteria: * Students less than 15 years old. * Adults not eligible for a cancer screening of interest. * Unable to speak fluent English or Spanish.
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Locations
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New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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