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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| HM20030494 | Other Identifier | Virginia Commonwealth University |
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| American Association for Cancer Education | UNKNOWN |
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To evaluate the impact of AI-powered chatbot interactions versus traditional educational handouts on increasing participants' knowledge of oral cancer and its prevention
The study evaluates the difference in outcome of two distinct interventions aimed at enhancing oral cancer awareness and prevention among participants from African American communities in the Richmond area. Participants assigned to the first intervention arm will receive traditional educational handouts sourced from trustworthy and reliable health sources such as the CDC, American Cancer Association (ACA), and other health education resources. These handouts will be provided to the participants and provided enough time to read them based on calculated reading time, focusing on increasing awareness of oral cancer risks, preventive strategies, and the importance of regular dental check-ups. Participants assigned to the second intervention arm will engage with an AI-powered chatbot designed specifically for oral cancer education. The chatbot interaction will be initiated through a provided link, allowing participants to access information and ask questions related to oral health and cancer prevention. The chatbot is programmed to provide accurate information on oral cancer risks, symptoms, preventive measures, and the importance of regular dental check-ups
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Traditional Educational Materials | Active Comparator | Receiving oral cancer educational materials (handouts from trusted sources such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and American Cancer Association (ACA) and other reliable health education resources. |
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| Engaging with an AI-powered Chatbot | Experimental | AI-powered chatbox designed specifically for oral cancer education. The chatbot is programmed to provide accurate information on oral cancer risks, symptoms, preventive measures, and the importance of regular dental check-ups. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Traditional Education | Behavioral | Participants will receive traditional educational handouts focusing on increasing awareness of oral cancer risks, preventive strategies, and the importance of regular dental check-ups. Participants will be provided time to read the handouts based on calculated reading time. |
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| Compare participant retention rates between the AI-powered tool arm and the conventional educational material arm | Compare the percentage of participants that continued the intervention to the participants that continued using the active comparator to measure intervention feasibility. | Baseline, and post intervention (3 months) |
| Evaluate the impact of AI-powered chatbot interactions versus traditional educational handouts on knowledge and behavior | Assess the effectiveness of the interventions by baseline and post intervention surveys assessing oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors utilizing a questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model. The questionnaire will include scales measuring knowledge about oral cancer, its causes, risk factors, signs, preventive methods. Each question will have one correct answer, and the final score at baseline and after the intervention will be compared. Based on previous literature, a score of 60-70% can indicate adequate knowledge about a disease, but the primary goal of the outcome is to compare improvement in knowledge between control vs intervention arms. | Baseline, and post intervention (3 months) |
| Investigate socio-demographic factors that affect oral cancer knowledge in the African American population | Pre-intervention surveys will include questions assessing socio-demographic variables of the participants. These variables will serve as covariates in the analysis to measure their effects on knowledge and attitudes. The effect of demographic factors affecting healthcare service utilization, such as education attainment and health insurance status, on knowledge about and attitude toward oral cancer will be measured through regression analysis to investigate their impact on oral cancer awareness and prevention efforts. | Baseline, and post intervention (3 months) |
| Evaluate the acceptability of AI-powered chatbot interactions versus traditional educational handouts | Assess the acceptability of the interventions by baseline and post intervention surveys assessing satisfaction, appropriateness, ease of use, and acceptability of the interventions to improve oral cancer knowledge. Satisfaction and acceptability will be measured through a set of questions in the post-intervention questionnaire with 5 Likert scale-based responses ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree", and the final score will be compared between arms. |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Tamas Gal, Ph.D | Contact | 804-628-2123 | Tamas.Gal@vcuhealth.org |
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| Tamas Gal, Ph.D | Virginia Commonwealth University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Virginia Commonwealth University | Recruiting | Richmond | Virginia | 23298 | United States |
Participant survey data dictionary and individual participant responses will be shared upon request. Requests will be submitted to the PI (Tamas Gal, PhD) through email (Tamas.Gal@vcuhealth.org)
7/1/2025 - 6/30/2030
Data will be shared upon request. Requests will be submitted to the PI (Tamas Gal, PhD) through email (Tamas.Gal@vcuhealth.org)
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| ID | Term |
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| D009062 | Mouth Neoplasms |
| D000077195 | Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck |
| D009959 | Oropharyngeal Neoplasms |
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| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009059 | Mouth Diseases |
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| AI-powered Chatbox | Behavioral | The chatbot interaction will be initiated through a provided link, allowing participants to access information and ask questions related to oral health and cancer prevention. The chatbot is programmed to provide accurate information on oral cancer risks, symptoms, preventive measures, and the importance of regular dental check-ups. Participants will be encouraged to interact with the chatbot for a specified duration |
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| Baseline, and post intervention (3 months) |
| D009057 |
| Stomatognathic Diseases |
| D002294 | Carcinoma, Squamous Cell |
| D002277 | Carcinoma |
| D009375 | Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D010610 | Pharyngeal Neoplasms |
| D010039 | Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms |
| D010608 | Pharyngeal Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |