Clinical trials: Incentives
Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being
Incentives for Moving
Employees of Blue Shield of California (BSC) will be recruited to participate to regularly use Walkstations. Some participants will be randomly assigned to a "hold out" control condition and the remainder will be assigned to one…
- Trial name
- NCT01278680
- Testing
- Incentives for walkstation usage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Medication Adherence, Asthma in Children
The Tailored Adherence Incentives for Childhood Asthma Medications (TAICAM) Trial
Improving adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) medication in urban minority pediatric populations is a clinical and population health priority.
- Trial name
- NCT03907410
- Testing
- Nominal Financial Incentives, Daily Adherence Reminders/Adherence Performance Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ventilation, Breathing
Pilot Evaluation Comparing Regional Distribution of Ventilation During Lung Expansion Therapy
The primary purpose of this study is to determine if there is a significant difference in regional distribution of ventilation when comparing eupneic tidal ventilation with Incentive Spirometry (I.S.) and EzPAP® lung expansion…
- Conditions
- Ventilation, Breathing, Atelectasis
- Trial name
- NCT03083379
- Testing
- Volumetric Incentive Spirometry, EzPAP® POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Physical Activity, Health Behavior
The StepSmart Project: A Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools
A school based pedometer competition among Year 9 pupils (12 - 14 years old) to promote physical activity (PA).
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Health Behavior, Competitive Behavior, Incentives
- Trial name
- NCT02455986
- Testing
- The StepSmart Challenge
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Healthy
Chatbot Intervention Effects on Social and Monetary Incentive Processing in Anhedonia
The main aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of a Motivational Interviewing-based artificial intelligence chatbot on social incentive processing in college students with elevated levels of depression and…
- Trial name
- NCT07665242
- Testing
- MI Chatbot Interaction, Active Control Chatbot Interaction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Tuberculosis, Diphtheria
Evaluation of an Infant Immunization Encouragement Program in Nigeria
Previous studies have shown that a small incentive can have a large impact on health behaviors like vaccinating children. New Incentives, an international non-governmental organization (NGO), aims to boost demand for immunization…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
- Trial name
- NCT03870061
- Testing
- All Babies Are Equal Initiative (conditional cash transfer program)
- Where
- 3 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 5,187 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GiveWell
Physical Activity, Incentives
TAKing Steps for Incentives
The purpose of this study is to test the overall effects of incentives on physical activity among older taxi drivers, and whether mental accounting exists in this context.
- Trial name
- TAKSI (NCT01892475)
- Testing
- Incentive-based physical activity program, 3-month follow up
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Body Weight
Creating Exercise Habits Through Incentives for Routines
The purpose of this study is to determine whether healthy habits can be formed more effectively when people are rewarded for repeated engagement in a given healthy behavior at a specific, routinized time each day rather than at…
- Trial name
- Routines (NCT02346799)
- Testing
- Workout Window Reminders, Individual Workout Incentive Payment, Lump Incentive Payments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Adherence, Food Allergy
Encouraging Allergic Young Adults to Carry Epinephrine
Fifteen million Americans suffer from food allergies. Food allergies can be life threatening; the only known life-saving treatment is epinephrine.
- Trial name
- NCT02354729
- Testing
- Behavioral Economics
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Physical Activity, Behavior
WalkIT Arizona: Walking Interventions Through Texting
The purpose of this study is to develop adaptive (AI) and micro-incentive (MI) interventions and test them against static (SI) and delayed-incentive (DI) interventions in a 4-arm randomized factorial trial to increase MVPA…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Goals
- Trial name
- NCT02717663
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Static Goals, Delayed (non-contingent) Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 512 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Inadequate or Impaired Respiratory Function
Positive Airway Pressure Versus Breathing Exercises With Load Inspiratory in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Obesity, due to excess fat in the thoracoabdominal region, can promote changes in respiratory function and lung function, leading to reduction in lung volume and capacity.
- Trial name
- NCT02682771
- Testing
- Bilevel positive airway pressure, PowerBreathe, Conventional Respiratory Physiotherapy (CRP)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba
Obesity, Health Knowledge
Community Web Health Portal for Diabetes Prevention
This study supports the development of a diabetes prevention and control community web portal. The portal will feature an innovative personalized impediment profiling tool and reward program.
- Trial name
- NnoLEDGE (NCT02050191)
- Testing
- www.princetonlivingwell.com
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Griffin Hospital
Health Behavior, Physical Activity
The Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using incentives to encourage adults to be physically active.
- Trial name
- PAL (NCT01575262)
- Testing
- Non-cash incentives, Self-monitoring physical activity levels
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 406 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Opioid Abuse (Disorder)
Nudges and Incentives to Enhance the Opioid Treatment Workforce
This project seeks to examine a critical barrier to optimizing the health care workforce for the treatment of opioid use disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03834025
- Testing
- Phase 1 Condition 1, Phase 1 Condition 2, Phase 1 Condition 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tobacco Use Disorder
Social and Monetary Incentives for Smoking Cessation at Large Employers
The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial of several behavioral interventions for smoking cessation among a sample of employees at large workplaces in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
- Trial name
- SMILE (NCT02421224)
- Testing
- Usual Care, Deposits, Small Individual Bonus
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 4,190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Smoking Cessation
Patient Navigation and Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation
Cigarette smoking is a significant health threat. To eliminate disparities in cancer burden, smoking rates must be reduced among populations where smoking is disproportionately concentrated: those with low socioeconomic status…
- Trial name
- NCT02351609
- Testing
- Intervention, Enhanced Traditional Care control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Normal Physiology
Development and Validation of Learning and Decision-Making Tasks
Background: Substance use disorders (SUD) can be considered disorders in the way people process incentives, learn, and make decisions.
- Trial name
- NCT05707806
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Measles
Measles Vaccination Cash Incentives Experimental Evidence From Nigeria
IDinsight is conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of various sized cash incentives for caretakers of infants that require a 9-month measles vaccination on the completion rate for the vaccine in Nigeria.
- Trial name
- NCT04013516
- Testing
- Cash Incentive, Call
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 1,088 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDinsight
Health Behavior
Brief Psychological Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
Continuous levels of hazardous alcohol consumption (i.e., 14 or more units per week) is one of the leading risk factors of ill health and early mortality, contributing to around 9,809 deaths a year in the UK.
- Trial name
- NCT07686276
- Testing
- Self-incentive, Plan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lancaster University