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Last Updated: Jul 11, 2008 - 11:26:39 AM

                                                                                                                              

Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in African American Men, Recruiting Participants


By Clinical Trials


Jun 22, 2008 - 11:35:19 AM


 

 

 

Frequency of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in African American Men in the San Francisco Area

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by National Cancer Institute (NCI), June 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00702104
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Screening may help doctors find prostate cancer sooner, when it may be easier to treat.

PURPOSE: This research study is looking at whether patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened.


Condition Intervention
Prostate Cancer
Procedure: survey administration

MedlinePlus related topics:   Cancer   Prostate Cancer  

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Health Services Research, Open Label
Official Title:   PSA Screening of African-American Men in The San Francisco Area

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

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Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Degree to which patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:   175
Study Start Date:   August 2002
Estimated Primary Completion Date:   August 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To determine the degree to which patients who are being screened for prostate cancer have been previously screened.

OUTLINE: Participants complete questions on a survey about prior prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests done for the purpose of screening or prostate cancer and are asked about their pastor, church, and how they heard about the SELECT study to determine whether the degree to which African American men in a church-going population have been previously screened.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   35 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Meets all of the following criteria:

    • African-American Male
    • Age 35 years or older
    • Attend church on a regular basis
    • Resides in the San Francisco area

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • Not specified
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00702104

Locations
United States, California
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center     Recruiting
      San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
      Contact: Clinical Trials Office - UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensi     877-827-3222        

Sponsors and Collaborators
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators
Investigator:     Mack Roach, MD     UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center    
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
 

Study ID Numbers:   CDR0000596996, UCSF-0555105, UCSF-H7056-21713-06
First Received:   June 19, 2008
Last Updated:   June 19, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00702104
Health Authority:   Unspecified

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
prostate cancer  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Prostatic Diseases
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Neoplasms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Male Urogenital Diseases
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site

 



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