Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Code:

NCT07008781

Conditions

Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Youth-led cancer screening intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study engages youth as health advocates to increase cancer screening in their community. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of a youth-led intervention on cancer screening awareness in adults who are overdue for cancer screening.

Conditions

Cancer

Study ID

NCT07008781

Start date

May 30, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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.

Study Design

Enrollment

84 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Youth-led cancer screening intervention

High school students will be trained as health advocates and then facilitate discussions about cancer screening recommendations and risk factors with adults in their community. High school students (15-18 years old) from the local community will be recruited for this study, and each student will recruit adults that they live with or are part of their community (i.e. parent) who are eligible for cancer screening. The adult plus youth dyads will all undergo the same youth-led intervention in which the youth will utilize motivational interviewing to discuss cancer screening recommendations and risk factors with their adults and help their adults enroll in cancer screening through ScreenNJ, a community organization that aims to increase cancer screening in New Jersey, reduce cancer mortality rates, and reduce disparities.

Interventions

Youth-led cancer screening intervention

High school students will be trained as health advocates and then facilitate discussions about cancer screening recommendations and risk factors with adults in their community. High school students (15-18 years old) from the local community will be recruited for this study, and each student will recruit adults that they live with or are part of their community (i.e. parent) who are eligible for cancer screening. The adult plus youth dyads will all undergo the same youth-led intervention in which the youth will utilize motivational interviewing to discuss cancer screening recommendations and risk factors with their adults and help their adults enroll in cancer screening through ScreenNJ, a community organization that aims to increase cancer screening in New Jersey, reduce cancer mortality rates, and reduce disparities.

Primary outcome measure

  • Rate of Cancer Screening [ Time Frame: 2 weeks post-intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH

732-235-7872sara.heinert@rutgers.edu

Locations

New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School

Recruiting

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

Contacts

Jeremiah Clifford

732-745-5300jeremiah_clifford@nbpsnj.net

More Information

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Last update posted

Apr 28, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • cancer screening
  • adolescents
  • high school
  • community-based research
  • community health
  • Hispanic/Latino community

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on 2026-04-28.