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. 2019 Nov 10;9(11):e032969. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032969

Table 2.

Secondary outcomes and methods assessments

Outcome category Factors evaluated Data source Time points
Feasibility of telehealth approach Technical feasibility of telehealth network for remote dermatological review of 3D TBP–SDDI images, and interoperability with hospital image repositories and integrated electronic medical records
  • Investigate subsystems for image acquisition, storage and display by measuring network throughput (bandwidth) and latency between subsystems.

  • Measure data volume and transmission time per 3D TBP–SDDI examination.

  • Assess the compression ratio of transmitted image files necessary to achieve adequate functionality.

  • Evaluate success of transmission and integrity of data.

24 months
Accuracy of telehealth skin examinations Safety and accuracy of teledermatology review of 3D TBP–SDDI images
  • Review the concordance between provisional diagnosis and clinical management decisions of the teledermatologist to the gold standard of in-person dermatological assessment.

  • Assess comparative diagnostic accuracy between in-person clinical diagnosis, teledermatological diagnosis and histopathological diagnoses.

0–24 months
Melanoma-risk stratification in a high-risk population Genetic results
  • Saliva samples collected using Oragene DNA self-collection kit. Methods for sample processing described previously.27

Baseline
  • Whole exome sequencing or Sanger sequencing used to identify rare, pathogenic, germline variants in known melanoma genes.

  • Common variants associated with melanoma risk will be genotyped using Illumina CoreExomev24 chip array.

12–24 months
Sun behaviour
  • Self-administered, previously validated sun behaviour questionnaire to record sun protective behaviour, sun exposure, sunburn history, personal and family skin cancer history, and relevant demographic information.27 30

Baseline
Deep phenotyping
  • Documentation of eye, hair and skin colour.

  • Spectrophotometer readings for skin colour on the right arm including the proximal anterior bicep, proximal anterior forearm and proximal posterior forearm, using Spectrometer CM-600d (Konica Minolta, Osaka, Japan).

  • Digital photographs of participant’s irises using a Nikon D3400 digital single-lens reflex camera (Nikon, Tokyo, Japan).

  • Freckling on the face, dorsum of right hand and shoulders are rated 0–4 (none, mild, moderate, severe) to produce an overall freckling score.

Baseline

3D, three dimensional; SDDI, sequential digital dermoscopy imaging; TBP, total-body photography.