Recruiting

Teledermatology

Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Code:

NCT05128006

Conditions

New Patient Use of Teledermatology Mobile App

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

New patient teledermatology visit

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will examine access to dermatology care. The operational partner will implement a direct-to-new patient teledermatology clinical care pathway while the research will study the effects of that implementation, use data associated with deployment to develop and test an Artificial Intelligence system, and understand key stakeholders' attitudes regarding and readiness for remote dermatology care.

Conditions

New Patient Use of Teledermatology Mobile App

Study ID

NCT05128006

Start date

Nov 7, 2022

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Sep 30, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • New patient referrals to dermatology at San Francisco, Decatur, and Aurora from 2021-2025

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are not dermatology patients
  • Dermatology patients who are not seen at San Francisco, Decatur, and Aurora
  • Dermatology patients at San Francisco, Decatur, and Aurora who have visits only before 2021 or after 2025

Study Design

Enrollment

63200 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

In-person new VA dermatology patients

In-person dermatology patients that are new patients at three facilities

New patient consultative Teledermatology users

New patient consultative Teledermatology users at three facilities

New patient Mobile teledermatology users

New patient Mobile teledermatology users at three facilities

In-person new patient in Community Care

In-person new patient in Community Care

Interventions

New patient teledermatology visit

new patient teledermatology visits

Primary outcome measure

  • New patient in-person dermatology visits [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Consult completion time [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Appointment completion time [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Travel distance for VA care [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Third next available dermatology clinic appt completion time [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • New Patient Teledermatology encounters [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Organizational Readiness to implement mobile teledermatology for direct new patient care [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Readiness of Veterans to use mobile teledermatology for direct new patient care [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Patient Satisfaction of different types of dermatologic care [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Readiness of Veterans to use Artificial Intelligence for dermatologic care [ Time Frame: 4 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Dennis H Oh, MD PhD

(415) 750-2091Dennis.Oh@va.gov

Sara B Peracca, PhD MPH MS

(415) 221-4810sara.peracca@va.gov

Locations

San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94121-1563

Contacts

Dennis H Oh, MD PhD

415-750-2091Dennis.Oh@va.gov

Sara B Peracca, PhD MPH MS

(415) 221-4810sara.peracca@va.gov

Principal Investigator:

Dennis H. Oh, MD PhD

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

Recruiting

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-7211

Contacts

Margaret Boyle, MD

303-399-8020Margaret.Boyle@va.gov

Sara B Peracca, PhD MPH MS

(415) 221-4810sara.peracca@va.gov

Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA

Recruiting

Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033-4004

Contacts

Howa Yeung

404-321-6111Howa.Yeung2@va.gov

Sara B Peracca, PhD MPH MS

(415) 221-4810sara.peracca@va.gov

More Information

Sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Last update posted

Jan 23, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • teledermatology
  • ehealth
  • mobile health
  • telemedicine
  • artificial intelligence
  • telehealth
  • access

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by VA Office of Research and Development on 2026-01-23.