Clinical trials: Behavioral Economics
Cardiovascular Diseases
Testing Promising Behavioral Economic Interventions to Promote Enrollment Diversity in Cardiovascular Cohort Studies
Problem. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are the best way to determine if interventions are safe and effective. Usually only a small number of eligible patients enroll.
- Trial name
- BETTER P2 (NCT05827718)
- Testing
- Method of Contact, Source of Contact, Framing Method (Appeal to Altruism or Social Proof
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26,242 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Harm Reduction
BE Intervention for Naloxone Uptake
The overall objective of this study is to use behavioral economics interventions to increase naloxone acquisition and carrying among participants who attend an opioid overdose reversal training.
- Trial name
- NCT06064981
- Testing
- Text message nudges, Commitment contract
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Breast Cancer
Evaluation of Mailers Promoting Mammogram Screening
In this evaluation, 3 different versions of mailers promoting annual mammograms are being sent to women on the month of their 50th and 64th birthdays.
- Trial name
- NCT04555902
- Testing
- Postcard, Small Gift, Loss Frame and Fear Appeals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Weight, Food Choice
Promoting Employee Health Through The Worksite Food Environment
This project tests a scalable and sustainable approach to weight gain prevention in a population of employees by using the worksite environment to deliver personalized feedback about worksite food purchases, daily calorie goals…
- Conditions
- Weight, Food Choice, Nutrition Intake
- Trial name
- ChooseWell 365 (NCT02660086)
- Testing
- Personalized nutrition feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 602 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
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
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
Depressive Symptoms, Substance Use
Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Program for American-Indian Youth
This study will use a randomized controlled design to evaluate whether a youth entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention for reservation-based American Indian adolescents (ages 13-15) improves psychosocial, behavioral health…
- Trial name
- NCT02157493
- Testing
- Arrowhead Business Group Curriculum, Recreational League Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Substance Abuse
Preventing Substance Use Among Youth
Using a 2-group, mixed method group randomized trial design, this pilot study will compare standard implementation versus Enhanced Replicating Effective Programs (Enhanced REP) to deliver Michigan Model for Health (MMH) in…
- Trial name
- NCT04752189
- Testing
- Enhanced Replicating Effective Programs (Enhanced REP), Standard implementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 825 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Immunity, Cytokine Levels
Analysis of Psychoneuroimmunological Parameters of Health in Specific Population Groups in Slovakia
This study aims to investigate the links between psychological and biological immunity from the perspective of psychology, epidemiology, and immunology in a general population study sample as well as in a specific group of people…
- Conditions
- Immunity, Cytokine Levels, Psychological Adaptation, Resilience
- Trial name
- APNIP (NCT07070180)
- Where
- 3 sites in Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Comenius University
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Self-Test Strategies and Linkage Incentives to Improve ART and PrEP Uptake in Men
This is a randomized controlled trial to test a combination behavioral and biomedical interventions to improve the HIV prevention and care cascades in a population of mobile men in a high priority setting (fishermen in Kenya).
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
- Trial name
- NCT04772469
- Testing
- Provision of multiple self-tests, Small monetary incentives, Use of SMS/text reminders to motivate adherence to ART or PrEP
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 934 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV/AIDS
Innovative Behavioral Economics Incentives Strategies for Health
The success of combination HIV prevention efforts, including HIV treatment as prevention, hinges on universal, routine HIV testing with effective treatment after HIV diagnosis.
- Trial name
- IBIS-Health (NCT02890459)
- Testing
- Prize incentive - Low, Prize incentive - High, Escalating payment incentive
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,580 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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
Automobile Accident
Reducing Distracted Driving With the Flip of a Switch
We propose to test a potential intervention to reduce distracted driving among high school students that could be used as part of future research trials and school campaigns.
- Trial name
- NCT05298267
- Testing
- Do Not Disturb While Driving
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Behavioral Economics, Gifts, Financial
Investigating How Incentives Impact Engagement With an Online Mental Health Application (Neuroflow)
The purpose of the study is to understand how incentives (either points alone or points that can be exchanged for gift certificates) encourage engagement with an online mental health app (Neuroflow) for University students.
- Conditions
- Behavioral Economics, Gifts, Financial, Point
- Trial name
- NCT05121675
- Testing
- Neuroflow app: Mental health and wellbeing resources for adults
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Tobacco Use, Cigarette Use
Responses of Adults Smoking Nondaily and Daily in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
The goal of this project is to learn about the potential impact of tobacco regulations that could affect the availability of tobacco products among adults who smoke nondaily and daily.
- Trial name
- NCT06988371
- Testing
- Reduced nicotine regulatory environment, Restriction on characterizing flavors in combustible nicotine products, Restriction on characterizing flavors in noncombustible nicotine products
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 747 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bethany Shorey Fennell, PhD
Influenza
Flu Shot Pre-visit Questionnaire
The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect on flu vaccination rates of a pre-visit questionnaire that asks patients to indicate their preferences for a flu shot.
- Trial name
- NCT05508698
- Testing
- Precommitment Nudge, Salience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230,962 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Neck Pain, Headache
Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers
This study is the first that investigates the impact of a multi-component intervention combining current evidence of effective interventions with an adherence app to assess the potential benefits on productivity, neck pain, and…
- Conditions
- Neck Pain, Headache, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Adherence, Patient
- Trial name
- NEXpro (NCT04169646)
- Testing
- Multi-component intervention, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Diet, Healthy, Food Selection
Increasing Availability of Lower Energy Meals on Food Choice and Intake
This study will examine the effectiveness of a structural intervention (baseline proportion of lower energy ready meals vs increased proportion of lower energy ready meals) on calories (kcal) ordered and consumed.
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Food Selection, Obesity, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04893213
- Testing
- Manipulation of availability of lower energy meal options
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool