Clinical trials: Behavioral Economics
Psychological Stress
Mantra Meditation to Reduce Emotional Exhaustion in Emergency Department Staff
Work in a healthcare setting, such as in an emergency department (ED), while rewarding, can be harmful to psychological well being, as demonstrated by the high numbers of Irish hospital doctors experiencing burnout.
- Trial name
- NCT02887300
- Testing
- Mantra Meditation
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Food Selection
Behavioral Economic Interventions at Food Pantries
The investigators run a series of behavioral economic interventions at client-choice food pantries to encourage clients to choose targeted foods.
- Trial name
- NCT02403882
- Testing
- Order, Packaging, Pricing
- Volunteers
- 443 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Auburn University
Healthy Participants, Feasibility Studies
The Increasing Mindfulness Engagement Project
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of different types of text messages and a integrated gaming app to increase engagement in a mindfulness mobile health application. 1.
- Conditions
- Healthy Participants, Feasibility Studies, Acceptability
- Trial name
- TIMEProject (NCT07170202)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Smartphone Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Diet Habit
Impact of Behavioral Economic Strategies on Low-Income Older Adults' Food Choices in Online Retail Settings
The specific aims of this proposal are to 1) develop the components of a behavioral economics strategy (i.e., healthy bundle defaults) to influence diet behaviors; 2) characterize the online grocery shopping behaviors and…
- Trial name
- NCT04766034
- Testing
- Simulated Grocery Shopping Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Physical Inactivity, Healthy Eating
Examining Engagement Predictors of Health and Fitness App Uptake and Subscription in the General Population
This will be a 24-week prospective study that will incorporate user base data of WayBetter Inc.'s app, "WayBetter," to examine user mHealth app engagement.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Healthy Eating, Mental Health Wellness 1
- Trial name
- NCT06023342
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,084 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Alcohol Consumption
Gain and Loss Framed Text Messaging to Reduce Drinking Among Older Adults
The goal of this study is to evaluate effectiveness of scalable, tailored text- messaging programs for alcohol use among older adults.
- Trial name
- GLOSS (NCT06126107)
- Testing
- Brief Normative Feedback, Loss-framed Text-messaging, Gain-framed Text-messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
HIV/AIDS Serodiagnosis
Behavioral Economics Field Experiment in HIV Testing
The investigators propose to conduct a randomized controlled trial in collaboration with the Fundacion Raices, a non-governmental organization (NGO) with strong ties to the local community of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
- Trial name
- NCT03224741
- Testing
- Monetary Incentive, Information, Active Choice
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 7,720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Diet, Healthy, Eating Behavior
SEP and the Impact of Portion Size on Daily Energy Intake
Reducing food portion size is a potential strategy to reduce energy intake. There is some evidence to suggest that individuals with lower socioeconomic position (SEP) intend to eat more from larger portions, suggesting that the…
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Eating Behavior, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05173376
- Testing
- Portion size manipulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Cellulitis, Abscess
Decreasing Antibiotic Duration for Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Using Behavioral Economics in Primary Care
Study the efficacy of a package of behavioral economics strategies (versus an education-only control condition) in altering clinician behavior regarding antibiotic prescription duration for skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI).
- Conditions
- Cellulitis, Abscess, Drain Abscess, Impetigo
- Trial name
- SSTIBE (NCT05226260)
- Testing
- Default Duration order Panel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,634 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Aging Disorder, Age Problem
Health Status and Its Socio-economic Covariates of the Older Population in Poland - the Nationwide PolSenior2 Survey.
The PolSenior2 survey is aimed to characterise health status of old and very-old adults in Poland.
- Conditions
- Aging Disorder, Age Problem, Healthy Aging, Immunity Disorders
- Trial name
- PolSenior2 (NCT04026815)
- Testing
- medical history, blood and urine tests
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Gdansk
Depression, Mental Health Issue
Economic Evaluation of the MEWE Intervention
Cash transfers have shown promise in preventing intimate partner violence, and in reducing recipients' stress levels. Cash transfers with behavioral or psychological interventions have shown limited effectiveness at reducing…
- Conditions
- Depression, Mental Health Issue, Intimate Partner Violence, Domestic Violence
- Trial name
- MEWE-EE (NCT05598697)
- Testing
- Life Skills Building (LSB) curriculum for males, Life Skills Building (LSB) curriculum for females, Cash transfer to adult females
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,536 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Economics and Political Science
Lung Cancer
Using Connected Health to Increase Lung Cancer Screening
This study will consist of two primary aims designed to help advance quality and utilization of lung cancer screening (LCS) within an academic and community-based medical system.
- Trial name
- CH-LCS (NCT04612946)
- Testing
- Referral to Telemedicine LCS Counseling Visit, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Well-Being, Psychological, Economic Hardship
SEE Change Evaluation - Impacts of Personal Agency Training on Ugandan Entrepreneurs
This study is proposed as an individually randomized control trial (RCT) designed to assess the short-term impacts (follow up at six months) of a personal agency training on a range of economic and health outcomes for micro and…
- Conditions
- Well-Being, Psychological, Economic Hardship, Stress
- Trial name
- SEE-Change (NCT05958225)
- Testing
- SEE Change Business and Personal Agency Training
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 814 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
HIV Prevention
Behavioral Economic Intervention to Improve HIV Behaviors in Sexual Minority Individuals
This research study is testing a new behavioral therapy called Episodic Future Thinking or EFT can help people reduce drug use and risky sexual behaviors while helping them adhere to their HIV prevention medication (PrEP).
- Trial name
- NCT06745947
- Testing
- EFT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Fever, Anxiety
LázBarát™ (FeverFriend™) Projekt: Attitude Toward Fever and Its Change in the Healthcare System
The positive effects of fever are supported by a number of physiological, pathophysiological and clinical evidence. However, the negative attitude toward fever is widespread and have become persistent.
- Conditions
- Fever, Anxiety, Help-Seeking Behavior, Virus Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT04633603
- Testing
- FeverFriend mobile application
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pecs
Distracted Driving, Injury Prevention
A Randomized Field Trial of Smartphone-based Feedback to Encourage Safe Driving
The study team are proposing to conduct a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of focused feedback vs standard feedback and self-chosen vs assigned goals on driving behaviors targeted by behavior-based…
- Conditions
- Distracted Driving, Injury Prevention, Behavioral Economics
- Trial name
- NCT06101251
- Testing
- Driving Tips, Standard Feedback, Assigned Focus Area Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Type 1 Diabetes
Promoting Adolescent Investment In Diabetes Care
Two financial incentive strategies targeting adolescents with type 1 diabetes will be compared to usual care for motivating adolescents to engage in improved self-care to manage their diabetes.
- Trial name
- InvesT1D (NCT04516694)
- Testing
- Financial incentive (gain), Financial incentive (loss)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
HIV, Pregnancy
Empower, Nudge: Increasing Dual Protection in South Africa
The purpose of the study is to test feasibility and acceptability of a lottery to help women in Cape Town, South Africa to continue using long-acting reversible contraceptives to avoid unintended pregnancies, and to also use…
- Conditions
- HIV, Pregnancy, STDs
- Trial name
- EN (NCT02536612)
- Testing
- Lottery, No Lottery
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Weight Reduction, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Behavioral Economics-Based Online Lifestyle Balance Program
The objective of this project is to design a Behavioral Economics Based Online Lifestyle Balance Program that employs behavioral economics to engage and motivate adherence to an Internet-based program.
- Trial name
- NCT03534336
- Testing
- Incentive for Education, Incentive for Weight Loss
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain OneSheet Clinical Trial
The purpose of the study is to determine whether and how having access to the Chronic Pain OneSheet clinical decision support tool in Epic affects the ordering, prescribing, goal-setting, risk monitoring, and outcome measuring…
- Trial name
- NCT04295135
- Testing
- Chronic Pain OneSheet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University