Clinical trials: Incentives
Diet Modification, Diet Habit
Targeted Food Incentives to Improve Diet Quality and Health Among Adults
The purpose of this study is to test whether individual-level targeted price incentives for healthier foods can improve the diet quality of grocery purchases made by adults in comparison to a "one size fits all" approach.
- Trial name
- Smartcart (NCT03748056)
- Testing
- Targeted incentives, Nominal loyalty card discount and nutrition education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rhode Island
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Financial Incentives Telephone Education and Skills Trial in African Americans With Diabetes (FITEST)
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of financial incentives augmented telephone-delivered diabetes education and skills training intervention in improving HbA1c levels in African Americans (AA) with type 2 diabetes…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- FITEST (NCT02722499)
- Testing
- High Frequency Financial Incentive, Moderate Frequency Financial Incentive, Low Frequency Financial Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
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)
Smoking, Cigarette
Dyadic Financial Incentive Treatments for Dual Smoker Couples
Smokers partnered with other smokers (i.e., dual-smoker couples) represent ~2/3 of all smokers. Dual-smoker couples (DSCs) are less likely to try to quit smoking and more likely to relapse during a quit attempt, reducing overall…
- Trial name
- NCT06296849
- Testing
- Financial Incentive Treatment (FIT)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Health Behaviour
Evaluating Specific Plans to Increase Smoking Quit Attempts in Prison
Tobacco use is the greatest cause of ill health and early mortality, and smoking is the main contributor to around 75,000 deaths a year in England.
- Trial name
- NCT02567097
- Testing
- Self-Incentive
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Compliant Behavior, Morbidity;Infant
Financially-Incentives to Improve Provider Compliance
The main objective of this study is to assess whether making health financing streams conditional on provider performance on knowledge assessment can increase provider compliance with under-5 case management guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT04634019
- Testing
- Financially incentivized knowledge assessments
- Where
- 2 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Obesity
Testing Strategies for Weight Loss, II
In the pilot study, Testing Strategies for Weight Loss, we tested two different approaches using financial incentives to encourage weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT00739492
- Testing
- financial incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Measles
Mobile and Scalable Innovations for Measles Immunization: a Randomized Controlled Trial
The overall objective is to test the impact of short message service (SMS) reminders, with or without unconditionally provided mobile-money incentives, can improve measles vaccination coverage in rural western Kenyan infants.
- Trial name
- M-SIMI (NCT02904642)
- Testing
- SMS reminder, Unconditional Incentive
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Cognitive Function
Promoting Mental Acuity in Elderly Populations Through Incentive for Technology Use
In this between-subject randomized controlled trial the investigators will test the impact of three novel structured financial incentives: atomistic, altruistic and team-based.
- Trial name
- NCT00805259
- Testing
- Financial incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 312 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Smoking Cessation
Videogame-based Incentives for Smoking Cessation
Investigators will be evaluating an online video-game-based smoking cessation intervention that will overcome barriers to treatment such as cost and sustainability.
- Trial name
- NCT01761760
- Testing
- Videogame-based smoking cessation intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rowan University
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
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Effect of Social Media Support and Financial Incentives on PrEP Adherence
The purpose of this study is to determine if social media support and financial incentives improve adherence to Truvada as PrEP in African American, Latino and Asian MSM aged 18 to 24 living in the Washington, DC area who are at…
- Trial name
- NCT03078153
- Testing
- Financial Incentive, Social Media Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
HIV
Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing Pilot Study (FIT-Pilot)
The aim of the pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and costs of a financial incentive intervention to motivate pediatric HIV testing in Western Kenya.
- Trial name
- FIT-Pilot (NCT02931422)
- Testing
- Financial incentive
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Incentive Spirometry, Oxygen Saturation
The Effects Incentive Spirometry Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Background: Incentive spirometry is used in addition to care, especially in reducing pulmonary complications after surgery. Complications in the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems can basically be determined by blood values and…
- Trial name
- NCT05192785
- Testing
- Incentive Spirometry Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
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
Obesity
Brigham and Women's Healthy Weight Study
The purpose of this study is to determine if a financial deposit contract is a successful method of helping people to maintain their weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT02709642
- Testing
- Deposit Contract
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Surveys and Questionnaires, Noncommunicable Diseases
Use of Airtime Structure to Improve Interactive Voice Response Surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda
This study evaluates the effect of three different airtime incentive structures on interactive voice response (IVR) survey cooperation, response, refusal and contact rates, as compared to a control group, in Bangladesh and Uganda.
- Trial name
- NCT03773146
- Testing
- 1X Airtime Incentive, Lottery Airtime Incentive
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Obesity
Game of Stones: A Research Study That Texts Men to Help Them Lose Weight
In 2014, 24% of UK men were obese. However men rarely participate in weight loss programmes. This study looks at whether two interventions which show promise can help obese men lose weight and keep it off.
- Trial name
- NCT03040518
- Testing
- Narrative SMS, Endowment Incentive
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Stirling
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
Post Opeative Pulmonary Complication
The Effect of Acapella and Incentive Spirometry on Blood Gases and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if whether the Acapella and Incentive Spirometry have effect on Blood Gas and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate among patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT07337746
- Testing
- Incentive Spirometry therapy, Acapella therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Iraq
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Baghdad