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Online Cancer Prevention Training for Firefighters

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Recruiting

Research Sponsored by IWK Health Centre

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, after 6 month intervention and 3-month follow-up

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will evaluate an e-health training program for volunteer firefighters to reduce cancer risk & increase understanding & behavior.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for volunteer firefighters in Canada who can consent to participate, have internet access, and are able to read and understand English or French. They must be part of an all-volunteer fire department that has joined the study. Firefighters from composite departments with career members or those not consenting through their Chief cannot join.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The trial tests an e-health training program aimed at reducing cancer risk by improving decontamination behaviors among firefighters. Participants will either receive immediate online training or be placed on a waitlist (control group) to later receive the program, comparing behavior changes over time.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this is an educational intervention rather than a medical treatment, there are no direct physical side effects expected from participating in the e-health training program.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, after 6 month intervention and 3-month follow-up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, after 6 month intervention and 3-month follow-up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, after 6 month intervention and 3-month follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Volunteer Firefighters' Intention to engage in reducing exposure and undertaking decontamination behaviour

Secondary outcome measures

Comparing and detecting any association between the regular volunteer firefighters and the management team towards cancer prevention

Comparing characteristics of different volunteer Departments (Clusters) such as size and location of Department in terms of their future intention, current practice and perceived importance towards cancer prevention

Volunteer Firefighters' practice and perceived importance towards reducing exposure and undertaking decontamination behavior for cancer prevention

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Intervention GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

This arm will receive the online e-health intervention for six months. The intervention consists of three sections: a novel health information strategy, 90SecondFire Cancer health letters a brief on-line course a problem-solving asynchronous bulletin board to mobilize existing knowledge

Group II: waitlist control groupActive Control1 Intervention

This group will be placed on a waitlist and will receive the online treatment program after six months.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC)UNKNOWN

IWK Health CentreLead Sponsor

125 Previous Clinical Trials

99,673 Total Patients Enrolled

Canadian Association of Fire ChiefsUNKNOWN

Media Library

e-health training program Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05745246 — N/A

Cancer Prevention Research Study Groups: waitlist control group, Intervention Group

Cancer Prevention Clinical Trial 2023: e-health training program Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05745246 — N/A

e-health training program 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05745246 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants are being included in this experiment?

"Agreed. According to the information hosted by clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is still welcoming patients having first been posted on 13th February 2023 and edited most recently on 16th February 2023. 800 people are needed across a single site for the study's completion."

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Are there any slots still available for prospective participants in this research?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov displays that this clinical trial is recruiting patients, having been initially posted on February 13th 2023 and recently revised on the 16th of February. This experiment requires 800 people to be recruited from a single medical facility."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Firefighters Preventing Cancer Online Training Program

Patrick J. McGrath 2023. "Firefighters Preventing Cancer Online Training Program". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05745246.