Emergency PreparednessNCT06737510
Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and Evaluation of an Emergency Preparedness Intervention
A study testing Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness and Phone-based household emergency preparedness in people with Emergency Preparedness, run by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 100 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Emergency Preparedness
- What is being tested?
- Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness and Phone-based household emergency preparedness
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 707 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 21 Nov 2018to 30 Jun 2026
- 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 18 to 100 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- English or Spanish speaking World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees aged 18 or older at the time of 9/11 residing in New York City.
- Completed Wave 4 (2015-2016)
- Those who are not rescue/recovery workers in either the NYPD or FDNY.
- -
Who cannot join
- World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees under the age of 18 at the time of 9/11
- Those with proxy interview at Wave 1
- Enrollee was a rescue and recovery work affiliated with FDNY or NYPD at Wave 1
- -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and
A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.
Read the detailed description
An intervention to enhance household emergency preparedness was developed to include the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication and evacuation plan (including, what is a family communication plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist; assembling a go bag , and storing supplies); and (5) The brochure included several resources, including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls: 911 or 311,, NYC Emergency Management, as well as website for additional information of preparedness: NYC.gov/hazards, which includes information specific to New York City hurricane evacuation zones.
The phone-based intervention consisted of a 15 - 20 minutes talk session completed over the phone following the format and topics noted above. The informational brochure intervention followed the format and topic above and was mailed to participants during the intervention period.
- Conditions
- Emergency Preparedness
- Being tested
- Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness, Phone-based household emergency preparedness
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Informational brochure on household emergency preparednessBehavioural
An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones .
Phone-based household emergency preparednessBehavioural
A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) .
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Phone-based household emergency preparedness | Experimental | A phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) . Receives: Behavioral: Phone-based household emergency preparedness |
| Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness | Experimental | An informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones . Receives: Behavioral: Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The CASPER instrument sum score
The primary outcome is based on the CDC CASPER emergency preparedness instrument. It consists of ten yes/no questions, five relating to having a communication plan and five related to having an emergency supply kit. The primary outcome is the sum of the number of questions answered "yes" by the subject.
Measured: up to 24 weeks
Secondary outcomes (1)
Individual CASPER instrument items
Secondary outcomes will be each of the ten individual yes/no questions of the CASPER instrument.
Measured: up to 24 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Dec 2024
- Study start21 Nov 2018
- Primary completion30 Jun 2026
- Study completion30 Jun 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Emergency PreparednessStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Model description
- A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 707 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06737510
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 18-150
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 9 Oct 2024
- Last updated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Improving Emergency Preparedness Among 9/11 Exposed Population: Implementation and
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06737510
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 18-150
- Conditions
- Emergency Preparedness
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 707 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneOther government
- Study start
- 21 Nov 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Jun 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Dec 2024 (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.
A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.
Detailed description
An intervention to enhance household emergency preparedness was developed to include the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication and evacuation plan (including, what is a family communication plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist; assembling a go bag , and storing supplies); and (5) The brochure included several resources, including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls: 911 or 311,, NYC Emergency Management, as well as website for additional information of preparedness: NYC.gov/hazards, which includes information specific to New York City hurricane evacuation zones.
The phone-based intervention consisted of a 15 - 20 minutes talk session completed over the phone following the format and topics noted above. The informational brochure intervention followed the format and topic above and was mailed to participants during the intervention period.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- A two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a phone-based household emergency preparedness intervention with a mailed informational brochure on household emergency preparedness amongst a sample of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees residing within New York City.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Phone-based household emergency preparedness | Experimental | Behavioral: Phone-based household emergency preparednessA phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) . |
| Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness | Experimental | Behavioral: Informational brochure on household emergency preparednessAn informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones . |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- English or Spanish speaking World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees aged 18 or older at the time of 9/11 residing in New York City.
- Completed Wave 4 (2015-2016)
- Those who are not rescue/recovery workers in either the NYPD or FDNY.
- -
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees under the age of 18 at the time of 9/11
- Those with proxy interview at Wave 1
- Enrollee was a rescue and recovery work affiliated with FDNY or NYPD at Wave 1
- -
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Informational brochure on household emergency preparednessAn informational brochure will be mailed to participants and will cover the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies, including preparing a go bag); and (5) resources (including disaster contact numbers for emergency and non-emergency calls (911 and 311), how to register for emergency notifications ("Notify NCY"), NYC Emergency Management, as well as a website for additional information on preparedness (NYC.gov/hazards) that includes New York City hurricane evacuation zones . | Behavioural | Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness |
| Phone-based household emergency preparednessA phone-based intervention will consist of 15 - 20 minutes discussion covering the following topics: (1) an introduction to why emergency preparedness is important; (2) definition of what a disaster is; (3) family communication plan (including, what is a family communication and evacuation plan, why you should have one, communication plan checklist, including a family communication card); (4) disaster supplies (including, what types of supplies are needed, how long supplies should last, supply checklist, and storing supplies); and (5) resources (including providing NYC Emergency Management website: NYC.gov/hazards, i which includes specific information related to the participants New York City hurricane evacuation zones) . | Behavioural | Phone-based household emergency preparedness |
Primary outcome
The CASPER instrument sum score
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
The primary outcome is based on the CDC CASPER emergency preparedness instrument. It consists of ten yes/no questions, five relating to having a communication plan and five related to having an emergency supply kit. The primary outcome is the sum of the number of questions answered "yes" by the subject.
1 secondary outcome
Individual CASPER instrument items
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Jul 2026.
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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.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Informational brochure on household emergency preparedness and Phone-based household emergency preparedness in people with Emergency Preparedness, run by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene at 1 site in United States.
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 4 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 9 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. 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?
The CASPER instrument sum score (time frame: up to 24 weeks). 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 9 Jul 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 29 Oct 2026.