Clinical trials: Behavioral Economics
Parenting Practices, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Effects of a Financial Literacy and Gender-Transformative Couples Intervention on Parenting Practices in India
Many families in India experience intimate partner violence (IPV) and financial stress, both of which can harm the way parents interact with and discipline their children.
- Conditions
- Parenting Practices, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Mental Health, Empowerment
- Trial name
- NCT07651670
- Testing
- Let us Grow Together: Economic Wellbeing for Families
- Where
- 4 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 4,552 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shruti Shukla
Smoking Cessation
Combining Default Choices and a Decision Aid to Improve Tobacco Cessation
The FIRST cluster randomized trial will evaluate the effect of 1) a training program encouraging general practitioners to offer smoking cessation treatment as a default choice to all current smokers consulting a general…
- Trial name
- FIRST (NCT04868474)
- Testing
- Training program and decision aid, Refresher course
- Where
- 2 sites in France, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 287 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Cigarette Smoking
Behavioral Economic Methods for Assessing Tobacco Product Abuse Liability: Study 7
Participants will be given the opportunity to purchase ventilated, unventilated, and alternative nicotine products at different prices using an account balance based on their typical, daily nicotine product purchasing.
- Trial name
- NCT03496922
- Testing
- Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Appointment Reminders
Using Behavioral Economics to Enhance Appointment Reminders and Reduce Missed Visits
"No-shows," or missed visits are a persistent problem in all health care systems. They contribute to worsened patient access, longer wait times, and inefficient use limited health care resources.
- Trial name
- No Show (NCT03850431)
- Testing
- Social Norms + Behavioral Instructions, Caring + Consequences for Others + Behavioral Instructions, Caring + Consequences for Self + Behavioral Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34,516 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hiv, Transgenderism
Microeconomic Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission in Economically Disadvantaged Transgender Women
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the economic situations, discrimination experiences, and risk behaviors of transgender women.
- Trial name
- NCT04275310
- Testing
- Microeconomic Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
COVID-19, Chronic Disease
The Psychological, Social, and Economic Impacts of COVID-19
A dynamic analytical tool is being implemented to monitor the health, psychosocial and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as the crisis unfolds.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Chronic Disease, Psychiatric Disorder, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- C19Survey (NCT04369690)
- Where
- 10 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Insurance Status/Stability
IMPACCT for Kids' Care
Health insurance is important for children. Public insurance programs are available to many children, but some families report being confused about how to get and keep this insurance.
- Trial name
- IMPACCT (NCT02298361)
- Testing
- Health insurance outreach IT tools
- Volunteers
- 27,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Breast Cancer Female
Using Behavioral Economics to Achieve Improved Healthy Behavior Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors
Preventing or reducing obesity is one factor that has been hailed as a way to improve quality of life, reduce recurrence, and increase survival rates among breast cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT02938780
- Testing
- nutrition physical activity text message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mental Health Wellness 1, Health Care Utilization
Black Economic Equity Movement
The primary goal is to understand the potential impacts of Guaranteed Income (GI) on Black youth and young adults' financial, emotional, and physical well-being.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Wellness 1, Health Care Utilization, Financial Hardship, Education, Professional
- Trial name
- BEEM (NCT05609188)
- Testing
- Guaranteed Income, Peer learning circles, Financial coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Burnout, Professional, Stress, Psychological
Foundational Programs to Combat Clinician Stress
This is a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial in which clinicians from University of Pennsylvania Health Systems (UPHS) including Penn Medicine- Lancaster General Health (LGH) and Massachusetts General Hospital…
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional, Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological, Psychological Well-Being
- Trial name
- FACCTS (NCT07220421)
- Testing
- Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) Breathing and Sahaj Meditation, Health Education Program (HEP)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lancaster General Hospital
Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control
Assessing the Effects of Cool Roofs on Indoor Environments and Health in Niue
Ambient air temperatures in the Pacific have broken record highs in 2024. Solutions are needed to build heat resilience in communities and adapt to increasing heat from climate change.
- Conditions
- Resting Heart Rate, Blood Glucose Control, Depression, Heat-related Symptoms
- Trial name
- REFLECT (NCT06570993)
- Testing
- Cool roof
- Where
- Niue
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aditi Bunker
Pediatric Obesity
Supermarket Science: Multipronged Approaches to Increasing Fresh, Frozen and Canned Fruit and Vegetable Purchases
Through research, education and extension, this project will promote fruit and vegetable (F\&V) purchases and consumption by families in under-resourced communities, thus reducing health disparities, improving human nutrition…
- Trial name
- NCT02975232
- Testing
- F&V economic incentive, Cooking Matters Store Tour
- Volunteers
- 605 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New England
Malnutrition
Translating Adoption of Improved Varieties Into Nutritional Impact
The purposes of this study are (1) to determine whether child nutrition-focused adoption encouragement messages focused on Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and the availability of small quantities of QPM seed can be effective at…
- Trial name
- QPM (NCT02710760)
- Testing
- Adoption Encouragement Treatment, Consumption Encouragement Treatment
- Volunteers
- 978 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Behavioral Economics, Primary Health Care
Primary Care Clinical Excellence Incentive Study
As part of UCLA Health's commitment to developing a premier integrated health system built on a foundation of physician-led, team-based primary care, the Department of Medicine (DOM) recently implemented a new performance based…
- Conditions
- Behavioral Economics, Primary Health Care, Health Maintenance, Diabetes
- Trial name
- PCCE (NCT04237883)
- Testing
- Standard communication email, Social comparison Intervention, Leadership Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Autism Spectrum Disorder
App for Strengthening Services In Specialized Therapeutic Support
In partnership with a digital health software company, the University research team created two versions of a mobile application to help behavioral health technicians (BHT's) who work with students with autism collect data.
- Trial name
- ASSISTS (NCT05207956)
- Testing
- Behavioral economics strategies, Electronic platform
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health (Depression), Mental Health
Precarity and Reduction of Its Impact on the Mental Health of Health Students
Student financial insecurity has become a major public health and societal issue affecting a growing proportion of young adults in higher education, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently by inflation.
- Conditions
- Mental Health (Depression), Mental Health, Quality of Lifte
- Trial name
- PRISMES (NCT07539207)
- Testing
- Targeted Mental Health and Well-being Support for Financially Vulnerable Health Student
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Physical Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior
Cost-effectiveness, Impact of a Workplace-based Intervention to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time in Office-based Workers
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact and cost effectiveness of a workplace-based intervention aimed at reducing prolonged occupational sitting among office-based workers. The study will be conducted in three phases.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior, Occupational Diseases, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- ISKE (NCT06149364)
- Testing
- ISKE
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Tobacco Smoking
Brief Behavioural Economic Intervention for Smoking Cessation
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of brief behavioural economic intervention in promoting smoking cessation among smokers in the community.
- Trial name
- QTW2024 (NCT06451081)
- Testing
- Brief cessation advice, Opt-out active referral, Behavioral economic mobile messaging
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,017 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Cardiovascular Disease
A Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk
Using a 4-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial, the investigators will test the effectiveness of different behavioral economic interventions in increasing statin use and reducing LDL cholesterol among patients with poor…
- Trial name
- NCT01346189
- Testing
- Behavioral Economic Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,503 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Overweight, Obesity
Sprint to Fitness: Effect of Outcome Expectations on Responses to Interval Exercise Training
The purpose of this study is to research the effects of exercising at high intensities for short periods of time on exercise tolerance and motivation.
- Trial name
- NCT03162978
- Testing
- HIIT + POE, HIIT only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center