Oral HygieneNCT03947203
Oral Health Promotion: Youth as Agents Of Change
A study testing Social media in people with Oral Hygiene, run by Virginia Commonwealth University.
Trial summary
This upstream communication study may aid in our understanding of the nature of the parent-adolescent relationship and how we can use this relationship to promote better oral health of the parents and adolescents. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Oral Hygiene
- What is being tested?
- Social media
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine, Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 0 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Oct 2020to Oct 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- enrolled in grades 7 through 12
- between the ages of 12 and 18
- currently living in the same household as their legal guardian(s) who agree to participate in this study
- live in the greater Richmond and Petersburg area
- uses a smartphone
- has not had a dental appointment in the past 6 months
Who cannot join
- not between the ages of 12 and 18
- do not live with their legal guardian (s)
- are not residents of the greater Richmond and Petersburg area
- have had a dental appointment in the past six months
- legal guardian does not agree to participate
About this study
This upstream communication study may aid in our understanding of the nature of the parent-adolescent relationship and how we can use this relationship to promote better oral health of the parents and adolescents.
Read the detailed description
Given the proliferation of social media as a tool for health communication, this proposed pilot study will be conducted with adolescents and their parents in the greater Richmond area, including Petersburg, and examines whether disseminating oral health information to adolescents via Facebook will have a greater impact on their sharing of the message to their parents than providing them the information in written format- using a pamphlet. We hypothesize that parents in the Facebook arm of the intervention will be more likely to report receiving the oral health message from their child than those in the pamphlet arm. Further, this study investigates whether parents whose adolescents re provided the information via Facebook will have greater increase in intent to schedule dental appointments and dental appointment scheduling behaviors than parents whose children are in the pamphlet group. We hypothesize that parents in the Facebook group will report greater increase in dental appointment scheduling than those whose adolescents are in the pamphlet group. Lastly, we would like to explore whether parents and adolescents in the Facebook arm will have greater increase in oral health knowledge and greater decreases in perceived barriers to oral health activities, both which may be related to increases in parents' dental appointment scheduling.
- Conditions
- Oral Hygiene
- Being tested
- Social media
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Social mediaBehavioural
Provided pamphlet and a private Facebook group where informational messages and content relating to oral health will be shared
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pamphlet | No intervention | Provided with only a pamphlet containing educational material about oral health |
| Social media | Experimental | Provided pamphlet containing educational material about oral health and will have access to a private Facebook group, where we will share informational messages and content relating to oral health Receives: Behavioral: Social media |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Communication
Sharing of health information measured as a count of shared oral health messages reported on a survey question.
Measured: 8 weeks
Appointment - child
Number of child dental appointments scheduled based on self-report
Measured: 8 weeks
Appointment - adult
Number of adult dental appointments scheduled based on self-report
Measured: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes (2)
Oral health knowledge
Change in number of correct responses on a 12 item oral health knowledge and screening survey
Measured: Baseline to 8 weeks
Perceived barriers
Change in number of barriers to oral health activities
Measured: Baseline to 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 May 2019
- Study startOct 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completionOct 2021 (estimated)
- Study completionOct 2021 (estimated)
Why it stopped: Unable to staff the project
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Oral HygieneStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Virginia Commonwealth UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- DentaQuest Institute, Inc.
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Maghboobah Mosavel, MD, Principal investigator, Virginia Commonwealth University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03947203
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HM20014618
- Status last verified
- Oct 2020
- First submitted
- 9 May 2019
- Last updated
- 14 Oct 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 14 Oct 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Oral Health Promotion: Youth as Agents Of Change
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03947203
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HM20014618
- Conditions
- Oral Hygiene
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- WithdrawnReason stopped: Unable to staff the project
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- DentaQuest Institute, Inc.
- Study start
- Oct 2020 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Oct 2021 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Oct 2021 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 May 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This upstream communication study may aid in our understanding of the nature of the parent-adolescent relationship and how we can use this relationship to promote better oral health of the parents and adolescents.
Detailed description
Given the proliferation of social media as a tool for health communication, this proposed pilot study will be conducted with adolescents and their parents in the greater Richmond area, including Petersburg, and examines whether disseminating oral health information to adolescents via Facebook will have a greater impact on their sharing of the message to their parents than providing them the information in written format- using a pamphlet. We hypothesize that parents in the Facebook arm of the intervention will be more likely to report receiving the oral health message from their child than those in the pamphlet arm. Further, this study investigates whether parents whose adolescents re provided the information via Facebook will have greater increase in intent to schedule dental appointments and dental appointment scheduling behaviors than parents whose children are in the pamphlet group. We hypothesize that parents in the Facebook group will report greater increase in dental appointment scheduling than those whose adolescents are in the pamphlet group. Lastly, we would like to explore whether parents and adolescents in the Facebook arm will have greater increase in oral health knowledge and greater decreases in perceived barriers to oral health activities, both which may be related to increases in parents' dental appointment scheduling.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pamphlet | No intervention | –Provided with only a pamphlet containing educational material about oral health |
| Social media | Experimental | Behavioral: Social mediaProvided pamphlet containing educational material about oral health and will have access to a private Facebook group, where we will share informational messages and content relating to oral health |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- enrolled in grades 7 through 12
- between the ages of 12 and 18
- currently living in the same household as their legal guardian(s) who agree to participate in this study
- live in the greater Richmond and Petersburg area
- uses a smartphone
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- not between the ages of 12 and 18
- do not live with their legal guardian (s)
- are not residents of the greater Richmond and Petersburg area
- have had a dental appointment in the past six months
- legal guardian does not agree to participate
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Social mediaProvided pamphlet and a private Facebook group where informational messages and content relating to oral health will be shared | Behavioural | Social media |
Primary outcome
Communication
Time frame: 8 weeks
Sharing of health information measured as a count of shared oral health messages reported on a survey question.
Appointment - child
Time frame: 8 weeks
Number of child dental appointments scheduled based on self-report
Appointment - adult
Time frame: 8 weeks
Number of adult dental appointments scheduled based on self-report
2 secondary outcomes
Oral health knowledge
Time frame: Baseline to 8 weeks
Perceived barriers
Time frame: Baseline to 8 weeks
Results and safety
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 14 Oct 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Maghboobah Mosavel, MD principal investigator
Virginia Commonwealth University
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Social media in people with Oral Hygiene, run by Virginia Commonwealth University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Communication (time frame: 8 weeks). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Oct 2020.