Clinical trials: Behavioral Economics
Cardiovascular (CV) Risk
Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood Environmental Stress in Relation to Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women
Background: Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States. Healthy diet and exercise improve heart health. Some features of where a person lives can lead to stress and decrease chances for exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT04014348
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Prescribing Tendencies
What Influences Physicians' Decisions - Statistics or Stories?
The purpose of this study is to test whether physicians change their use of non-recommended tests, procedures, or medications more in response to evidence based-guidelines, price information, or an individual patient's story.
- Trial name
- NCT02048982
- Testing
- Guideline, Cost, Victim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Physical Inactivity, Healthy Eating
An Incentive-based mHealth Application for Physical Activity
This 12-week single-arm pilot study in the UK evaluated an incentive-based mobile health (mHealth) physical activity (PA) intervention using the ORBIT model.
- Trial name
- NCT05294692
- Testing
- Financial Health Incentives
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
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
Control arm_Bolstered Care, Treatment arm_HIVRR+S+FL
Kyaterekera Project: A Combination Intervention Addressing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Vulnerable Women in Uganda
Guided by Social Cognitive and Asset theories as well as Behavioral Economics (BE) principles,the proposed RCT is carefully designed to test the additive contributions of savings-led microfinance beyond traditional HIV risk…
- Conditions
- Control arm_Bolstered Care, Treatment arm_HIVRR+S+FL, Treatment arm_HIVRR+S+FL+M
- Trial name
- NCT03583541
- Testing
- HIV Risk Reduction, Financial Literacy, Mentorship
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 542 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Breast Cancer
Mammogram Mail- and Phone-based Interventions
The project aims to evaluate four different versions and modalities of interventions encouraging mammogram screening among all eligible women due or overdue for screening.
- Trial name
- NCT05853848
- Testing
- Postcard, Letter, Auto-dialer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14,386 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Automobile Accident
Comparative Effectiveness of Financial Incentives and Nudges to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving Among UBI Auto Policy Holders
The investigators are proposing an experiment to help a national auto insurance company test behavioral economic strategies to reduce the amount of time policy holders actively use their cell phone while driving.
- Trial name
- NCT03833219
- Testing
- Weekly feedback, End of intervention period incentive, Loss-framed weekly incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
Behavioral Economic Incentives to Improve Glycemic Control Among Adolescents and Young Adults
In this study the investigators will compare a novel approach using daily financial incentives and a tiered sponsor network to motivate adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes to improve glycemic control.
- Trial name
- NCT02568501
- Testing
- Daily feedback, Financial incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health, Child Externalizing Problems
Multi-level Child Mental Health Interventions in Azerbaijan
To improve mental health outcomes among children aged 7-14 from low-income families in Azerbaijan, this study will refine and test three evidence-based intervention approaches: family-strengthening intervention; trauma-focused…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Child Externalizing Problems, Child Behavior Problem
- Trial name
- AZ CMH (NCT06788028)
- Testing
- Usual Care, Family Strengthening, Mental Health Screening, Referral and Connection to Services
- Where
- 2 sites in Azerbaijan
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Violence, Parenting
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in Peru: Mechanisms of Individual and Intergenerational Change
Recent advances in intervention research have revealed the promise of transdiagnostic, modular approaches implemented by lay paraprofessionals for the treatment of the most prevalent mental health concerns in settings affected by…
- Conditions
- Violence, Parenting, Poverty, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT07667738
- Testing
- Common Elements Treatment Approach, Enhanced Case Managment
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
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
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Optimizing the Efficiency and Implementation of Cash Transfers to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Phase II
This protocol describes a 2-arm cluster, randomized controlled trial designed to test the effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer on viral suppression at 12 months post-ART initiation among PHWHIV who have initiated ART…
- Trial name
- Afya 2 Phase2 (NCT04201353)
- Testing
- Conditional Cash Transfer
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,984 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Economics, Behavioral, Hypertension
Health Behavior Nudge Strategies for Chronic Disease Patients: the Study of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes
This study is conducted from the perspective of behavioral economics, where individuals often display bounded rationality in decision-making, opting for habitual choices rather than those most advantageous to themselves.
- Conditions
- Economics, Behavioral, Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Self-management Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06588127
- Testing
- nudge
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lin Han
Vaccination Refusal
COVID-19 Booster Readiness Survey
The purpose of this administrative survey is to inform health system logistics by assessing the attitudes towards towards the bivalent COVID-19 boosters held by healthcare workers (HCWs) at a large, rural health system.
- Trial name
- NCT05529030
- Testing
- Salience of Omicron variant, Self-protection message, Other-protection message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12,036 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Economic Hardship, Condomless Sex
Education and Employment Support for HIV Prevention in Young Adults (ENSPIRE)
The study team will conduct a two-group study to examine the efficacy of implementing a combination intervention to improve economic stability and HIV preventive behaviors. The team will enroll approximately 500 young adults.
- Conditions
- Economic Hardship, Condomless Sex, Utilization, Health Care
- Trial name
- ENSPIRE (NCT06096324)
- Testing
- Job announcements plus HIV prevention text messages, educational sessions, economic resources, and mentoring., Job announcements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cognitive Decline, Dementia Prevention
Small Monetary Incentives for Digital Cognitive Training Adherence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This study aims to find out whether small daily monetary rewards can help older adults living in the community to regularly complete digital cognitive training.
- Trial name
- NCT07913243
- Testing
- Digital cognitive training, Monetary incentive 0.2 CNY/day, Monetary incentive 0.5 CNY/day
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Educational Activities
Effects of Dance Practice in Elementary Students
The purpose of this study is to assess changes in benchmark and state assessment scores in a public elementary school following an intervention of dance integration into the daily routine of the classroom.
- Trial name
- NCT03278366
- Testing
- Dancing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 349 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skidmore College
Parent-Child Relations, Emotion Regulation
Evaluation of a Family Strengthening Program Evaluation in Sierra Leone to Prevent Family Separation
In Sierra Leone, poverty and challenges with family functioning can lead to family separation, and children may go to live on the street or enter residential care institutions/orphanages.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Emotion Regulation, Economic Problems, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT05632237
- Testing
- Family strengthening program
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 226 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Healthy
Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin and Vasopressin on Social Behavior and Decision Making
The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of a one-time intranasal administration of the oxytocin, vasopressin, or placebo on prosocial decision making such as cooperation and competition in a healthy population of…
- Trial name
- NCT02526914
- Testing
- Intranasal Oxytocin, Intranasal vasopressin
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 432 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Mankuta
Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS
Assessing the Feasibility of Economic Approaches to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Adolescents
The proposed study will test the impact of an economic empowerment intervention on reducing alcohol and drug use (ADU) among adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in poverty-impacted communities in Uganda.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT05597865
- Testing
- Economic Empowerment Intervention, Alcohol and Drug Use Risk Reduction Sessions
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine