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Breast CancerIMCANNCT06106165

Improving Muslim Women's Uptake of Cancer Screening (IMCAN)

A study testing In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women and Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women in people with Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer, run by University of Sunderland at 2 sites in United Kingdom.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this non-randomised trial is to test how a workshop that includes religiously-tailored messages can help increase the uptake of breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening among Muslim women in North East England and Scotland. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 25 to 74 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cervical Cancer
What is being tested?
In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women and Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
169 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited Kingdom
Study dates
1 Nov 2023to 31 Dec 2025
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 25 to 74 years
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Women from any ethnicity identifying as Muslim
  • Muslim Women aged 25-74 years
  • Muslim women living in North East England or Scotland
  • Muslim women who are not up-to-date with all cancer screening they are eligible for; women who are up-to-date with one type of screening but not others would be eligible (for example, women might be up-to-date with breast cancer screening but not cervical or bowel cancer screening)

Who cannot join

  • Women who do not identify as Muslim
  • Women aged less than 25 years or older than 74 years
  • Women who are up-to-date with all the screening they are eligible for
  • Women who had either breast, cervical or bowel cancer before as their knowledge of the disease and treatment would differ from other women who do not have any prior experience with the disease
  • Women who have had BReast CAncer gene testing and underwent mastectomy and/or hysterectomy

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United Kingdom2 sites
  • University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, Scotland

  • University of Sunderland

    Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 3SD

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: Improving Uptake of Breast, Bowel and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women: a Non-randomised Feasibility Study of a Peer-led, Faith-based Intervention

The goal of this non-randomised trial is to test how a workshop that includes religiously-tailored messages can help increase the uptake of breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening among Muslim women in North East England and Scotland.

The results of this trial will inform the development of a full-scale randomised-controlled trial.

Participants in this study will be asked to take part in a two-hour workshop, deliver either online or in-person.

Read the detailed description

Low rates of cancer screening among Muslim women puts them at higher risk of death from screening since they do not detect cancer early. This study will work to increase the uptake of cancer screening among Muslim women using two-hour workshops delivered in the community.

The workshops were developed with the help of 10 Muslim women in Scotland. The workshops include four parts:

  • A discussion on the barriers and facilitators to breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening
  • A health information session given by a female health provider on cancer screening
  • Videos of Muslim women talking about their experiences with cancer screening
  • A session given by a female religious scholar to discuss Islamic perspectives on cancer screening.

Another eighteen Muslim women then took part in the workshops; they gave positive feedback on the content of the workshops and how the sessions were delivered.

In the feasibility trial, the workshops will be delivered to 200 Muslim women to find out whether a full-scale randomised-controlled trial can take place. This study will be carried out with the help of 10 Muslim women who will give advice on the content of the workshops and plan for implementation; they will also help with the delivery of the workshops.

It is expected that this study will lead to changes in knowledge and screening uptake among participants.

Being tested
In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women, Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women
Keywords
Cancer screening, Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Faith-based intervention, Muslim women
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Intestinal Neoplasms, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim womenOther

    The intervention includes a two-hour workshop, delivered in-person, that aims to improve the uptake of cancer screening among Muslim women.

    The workshop consists of four parts:

    • A peer-led discussion on barriers and facilitators to breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening
    • A health information session led by a health professional
    • Videos of Muslim women talking about their experiences with cancer screening
    • A religious perspective on cancer screening led by a female religious scholar
  • Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim womenOther

    The intervention includes a two-hour workshop, delivered online, that aims to improve the uptake of cancer screening among Muslim women.

    The workshop consists of four parts:

    • A peer-led discussion on barriers and facilitators to breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening
    • A health information session led by a health professional
    • Videos of Muslim women talking about their experiences with cancer screening
    • A religious perspective on cancer screening led by a female religious scholar
Study groups in NCT06106165
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
In-person deliveryExperimentalParticipants will attend the workshops in a mosque or community centre.
Receives: Other: In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women
Online deliveryExperimentalParticipants will join the workshops via a web conferencing platform The content of the online workshops is identical to the content of in-person workshops.
Receives: Other: Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Narrative description of feasibility

    The primary outcome of the project will be a narrative description of study feasibility, including recruitment and retention, protocol adherence and stakeholder acceptability. The primary outcome will be assessed using a mixed methods approach and assessed according the progression criteria, as described below.

    Measured: 12 months

  2. Recruitment feasibility

    Determine how many women accept the invitation to participate in the study and to estimate eligibility, recruitment and refusal rates.

    This will be assessed using project monitoring data maintained by the research team which logs in detail all study data, including number of people, time, missing data, and cost where relevant.

    Eligibility rate: Calculated as the number of participants screened/number of participants eligible x100%

    Recruitment rate: Calculated as the number of enrolled participants/number of eligible participants x 100%

    We will report recruitment and retention rates with 90% confidence intervals. Recruitment and retention rates will be summarised in relation to baseline characteristics, and differences in retention rates will be assessed using logistic regression methods.

    Measured: Baseline, 5 months, 7 months, 12 months

  3. Screening status of participants and the proportion of participants who were partially/not up to date with screening

    Estimate the screening-non-responder rate. Non-responder rate: Calculated as the number of enrolled participants who were screening non-responders/number of eligible participants x 100%

    Measured: Baseline

  4. Retention rate

    Estimate loss to follow up/retention rate.

    This will be assessed using project monitoring data Retention rate: Calculated as the number of participants who complete the 12 months follow up/number of participants in the intervention x100% This data will be compared for non-responders and partial responders.

    Measured: 6 months, 12 months

  5. Peer educator recruitment feasibility

    Number of women who accepted the invitation to become peer educators, and the number of peer educators retained at 12 months. This will be assessed using project monitoring data.

    Peer-educator recruitment rate: Calculated as the number of enrolled peer-educators/number of eligible peer-educators x 100% Peer-educator retention rate: calculated as the number of peer-educators at 12 months/number of peer-educators recruited x 100%

    Measured: baseline, 12 months

  6. Feasibility of obtaining screening data

    Whether the research team was able to obtain screening records for participants in all study location, and the proportion of participants who gave consent to access their screening records

    Measured: 12 months

  7. Questionnaire response rate

    The proportion of participants responding to questionnaires at baseline, 6 months and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

  8. Feasibility of measuring secondary outcomes

    Measure key secondary outcome measures including behavioural intention proxies, and feasibility of self-reported data, missing data, estimates, variances and 95% CIs for any comparisons.

    Baseline and follow up data

    Data will be assessed in relation to each of the 3 different types of screening, as well as generally, to ensure we capture whether the intervention has a differential impact on different screening types.

    We will also aim to compare behavioural change and self-reported data with the actual NHS screening data.

    Participants' scores on outcome scales, and changes over time, will be reported using descriptive methods. Paired t-tests, or non-parametric alternatives, will be used to estimate changes over time, with 90% confidence intervals. Correlations between baseline and follow-up measures will be reported with 90% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

  9. Difference on key domains between intervention modalities (online/face to face)

    Comparison of measures on key domains for trial parameters will provide insight into the feasibility of the two different modes of delivery.

    This will be inspected using project monitoring data baseline and follow up measures.

    Including: eligibility rate, recruitment rate, retention rate, all measures non-responders/attenders and missing data

    Visual inspection of trends and descriptive data will be used to establish whether comparisons between modalities is feasible.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

  10. The acceptability of the study engagement process to peer-educators

    Qualitative exploration of the acceptability of the process of recruitment, co-design phase, training, experiences and delivery of intervention.

    Qualitative process evaluation focus groups with peer-educators. Including: experiences of co-design phase, experiences of recruitment of peer-educators, experiences of training, experiences of delivery of the intervention, language and use of interpreters, and perspectives on the intervention and study.

    Measured: 12 months

  11. The acceptability of the intervention and its implementation to participants and stakeholders, including intervention components and delivery mode (online/face-to-face)

    Qualitative exploration of the acceptability of the intervention and its delivery with participants and key stakeholders.

    Qualitative process evaluation focus groups with participants and interviews with stakeholders.

    This explores the following: content of the intervention, delivery mode of the intervention (face-to-face/online), delivery of the intervention (peer-educators, health care provider, religious perspective, personal testimonials), and experience and perspectives of taking part in the intervention

    Measured: 12 months

  12. The acceptability of data collection methods used to participants and stakeholders

    Qualitative exploration of the acceptability of the data collection methods and secondary outcome measures with participants and key stakeholders.

    Qualitative process evaluation focus groups with participants and interviews with stakeholders Including: invitation to participate , recruitment processes, consent taking, baseline and follow-up secondary outcome measures, engagement in baseline and follow-up processes, and willingness to be randomised.

    Measured: 12 months

  13. Adherence to protocol

    Explore qualitatively protocol adherence and barriers and enablers to key stakeholders such as research staff and collaborators. Qualitative process evaluation interviews with research staff and collaborators.

    Measured: 12 months

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Religious health fatalism questionnaire (RHFQ)

    A questionnaire will be given to participants to test how religious beliefs influence health beliefs and willingness to obtain screening and medical treatments.

    RHFQ includes 8 statements that are answered on 5-point Likert scale: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=undecided, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree Higher scores indicate higher levels of religious fatalism, thus a lower willingness to attend screening due to religious beliefs

    Measured: Baseline

  2. Modesty

    The Modesty Measure for Muslim women (MMM-W) will be given to participants to examine how self-representation among Muslim women can affect their health seeking behaviours.

    The questionnaire will ask participants to indicate whether they 'agree', 'disagree' or 'ambivalent' to 10 statements about modest behaviour and healthcare

    Measured: Baseline

  3. Sociodemographic descriptors

    Participant characteristics, such as age, location, education level, ethnicity, professional occupation and marital status, will be recorded

    Measured: Baseline

  4. Cancer knowledge questions adapted from Cancer Awareness Measures (CAM) by Cancer Research UK

    This measure will assess changes in knowledge about the risk factors, symptoms and screening of breast, bowel and cervical cancer among participants.

    The questionnaire will be administered online through Qualtrics (a telephone option will also be offered).

    Multiple choice questions are used for this measure.

    Measured: baseline, 6 months and 12 months

  5. Cancer screening behaviour

    A cancer screening behaviour questionnaire will be given to participants. This consists of 2 parts:

    1. Participants will be asked about whether they attended breast, bowel or cervical cancer screening and if they are planning to attend screening. The answers for these questions will be: 'yes', 'no' or 'I don't know'.
    2. The second part includes statements that represent barrier and facilitator beliefs that might affect screening behaviour. Participants will be asked to indicate the level of agreement with each statement on 5-point liker scale: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=undecided, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree

    Measured: baseline, 6 months and 12 months

  6. Self-reported screening uptake

    Change in the number of participants who obtained screening following the intervention. This outcome is self-reported by participants

    Measured: baseline, 6 months and 12 months

  7. Actual screening uptake

    Screening data from the National Health Services (NHS) will be analysed to examine the change in the number of participants who obtained screening following the intervention.

    Measured: baseline, 6 months and 12 months

  8. Quality of life measures

    Intervention participants will be asked to fill EQ-5D-5L questionnaires, which comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 Oct 2023
  2. Study start1 Nov 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2025
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2025

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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
Other
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
169 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06106165
Sponsor's protocol ID
EDDPJT-May22\100030
Acronym
IMCAN
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
16 Aug 2023
Last updated
29 May 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women and Online In-person peer-led faith-based intervention to encourage breast, bowel, and cervical screening uptake among Muslim women in people with Breast Cancer and Bowel Cancer, run by University of Sunderland at 2 sites in United Kingdom.

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 4 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Narrative description of feasibility (time frame: 12 months). The study lists 13 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 29 May 2026.

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