Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Skin cancer
Intervention
1. Health education leaflets in seat pockets
2. No leaflet
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/08/1993
Overall trial end date
31/08/1994
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Holiday makers travelling from Manchester airport during August 1993
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
155 flights (21611 questionnaires distributed, 14956 returned, 12385 evaluable)
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/08/1993
Recruitment end date
31/08/1994
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Centre for Cancer Epidemiology
Manchester
M20 4QL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1995 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7580663
Publication citations
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Results
Dey P, Collins S, Will S, Woodman CB, Randomised controlled trial assessing effectiveness of health education leaflets in reducing incidence of sunburn., BMJ, 1995, 311, 7012, 1062-1063.