Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Code:

NCT05833334

Conditions

Home Air Radon Testing

Lung Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Public health infographic (AIM 3)

Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status (AIM 3)

Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status, plus reminder messages (AIM 3)

Focus group with educational overview (AIM 1)

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is about home air radon testing and has two phases.

The goal of the first phase is to learn about renters' and homeowners' views and plans related to radon testing. The main question this phase aims to answer is:

1\. Does taking part in a focus group with information about radon testing change people's plans to test for radon?

Participants in the first study phase will:

  • Take a survey about their views on and plans for radon testing.
  • Take part in a focus group discussion about radon testing, during which they will receive information about radon testing.
  • Right after the focus group, take a survey about their plans for radon testing.

The second phase is a pilot interventional study. The goal is to test interventions about radon testing with renters and homeowners who smoke and do not smoke. The main questions this phase aims to answer are:

1. Does the recruitment strategy result in enough participants enrolling within 3 months?
2. Will at least 80% of participants complete data collection activities?
3. Will more participants who view an online intervention developed by the researchers request free radon test kits, set them up in their homes, and complete radon testing, compared to participants who view a standard public health infographic? And will even more participants who receive reminder messages, in addition to the online intervention, request free radon test kits, set them up in their homes, and complete radon testing?

Participants in this second phase will:

  • Take a survey about their views on and plans for radon testing.
  • View an intervention about radon testing.
  • Right after viewing the intervention, take a survey about their views on and plans for radon testing.
  • 2 months later, take a survey about what, if any, steps they've taken to test their homes for radon.
  • Provide the researchers permission to collect data from their State Radon Program on: a) whether they requested a free radon test kit and b) whether testing was completed.

Some participants will receive reminder messages for 2 months after viewing the intervention.

Researchers will compare an online intervention they developed about radon testing to: a) a standard public health infographic and b) their online intervention combined with reminder messages about radon testing. They will compare the interventions by proportion of participants who: a) request a free radon test kit from their State Radon Programs, b) set-up the radon test kit in their homes, and c) complete radon testing.

Conditions

Home Air Radon Testing

Lung Cancer

Study ID

NCT05833334

Start date

Jun 1, 2023

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Aug 24, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 24, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Have a valid mailing address in New Hampshire or Vermont,
  • Have not tested their current homes for radon,
  • Rent or own their home, and
  • Live at their home year-round

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Study Design

Enrollment

172 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Public health infographic (AIM 3)

Participants will view a standard public health infographic about home air radon testing and will receive information about requesting a free home air radon test kit from their state radon program.

experimental: Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status (AIM 3)

Participants will view an online health promotion intervention about home air radon testing, with messaging tailored based on whether the participant smokes or does not smoke. Participants will also receive information about requesting a free home air radon test kit from their state radon program.

experimental: Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status, plus reminder messages (AIM 3)

Participants will view an online health promotion intervention about home air radon testing, with messaging tailored based on whether the participant smokes or does not smoke. Participants will also receive information about requesting a free home air radon test kit from their state radon program, as well as reminder messages about radon testing for about two months after initially viewing the online intervention component.

experimental: Focus group with educational overview (AIM 1)

Participants will participate in a focus group discussion about radon testing and will receive a brief educational overview about radon testing.

Interventions

Public health infographic (AIM 3)

Standard public health infographic about home air radon testing, plus information about requesting a free home air radon test kit

Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status (AIM 3)

Online health promotion intervention with messaging about home air radon testing tailored by the participant's stated smoking status, plus information about requesting a free home air radon test kit

Online health promotion intervention tailored by smoking status, plus reminder messages (AIM 3)

Online health promotion intervention with messaging about home air radon testing tailored by the participant's stated smoking status, plus information about requesting a free home air radon test kit, plus reminder messages about home air radon testing sent over two months

Focus group with educational overview (AIM 1)

90-minute online focus group discussion about home air radon testing, plus an educational overview about home air radon testing using a standard public health infographic

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants enrolled in the study (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
  • Proportion of study participants who complete all study surveys (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
  • Proportion of participants who request a home radon test kit at 18 months (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
  • Proportion of participants who request a home radon test kit at 2 months (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
  • Proportion of participants who set-up a home radon test kit in their home (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
  • Proportion of participants who complete home radon testing at 18 months (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
  • Proportion of participants who complete home radon testing at 2 months (AIM 3) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Dartmouth Cancer Center

Recruiting

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Last update posted

Jan 30, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • Radon testing
  • Behavior change
  • Smoking
  • Air quality

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on 2026-01-30.