Effect of Reminders on Adherence

Sponsor

University of Pennsylvania (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02411006

Collaborator

(none)

47,088

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

6760.6

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The investigators seek to increase medication adherence of subjects. The investigators will send mailings to customers of an insurance company, asking them to predict or commit to a certain level of behavior. The investigators will measure whether this increases medication adherence.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Diabetes Hypertension	Behavioral: Prediction mailing Behavioral: Commitment mailing Behavioral: Reminder Behavioral: Anonymity Behavioral: Identification	N/A

Detailed Description

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

47088 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Factorial Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Prediction and Pre-commitment Mailings for Medication Adherence

Study Start Date :

Nov 1, 2014

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2015

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Usual care control No intervention, just usual care from the insurance company
Experimental: Reminder control Send a reminder to subjects every month	Behavioral: Reminder Remind people to take their medicine
Experimental: Anonymous prediction Ask subjects to anonymously predict their upcoming medication adherence	Behavioral: Prediction mailing Ask people to predict their upcoming medication adherence Behavioral: Reminder Remind people to take their medicine Behavioral: Anonymity Keep patient predictions and commitment anonymous
Experimental: Anonymous commitment Ask subjects to anonymously commit to their upcoming medication adherence	Behavioral: Commitment mailing Ask people to commit to their upcoming medication adherence Behavioral: Reminder Remind people to take their medicine Behavioral: Anonymity Keep patient predictions and commitment anonymous
Experimental: Identified prediction Ask subjects to predict their upcoming medication adherence and report it	Behavioral: Prediction mailing Ask people to predict their upcoming medication adherence Behavioral: Reminder Remind people to take their medicine Behavioral: Identification Ask patients to report their predictions and commitments
Experimental: Identified commitment Ask subjects to commit to their upcoming medication adherence and report it	Behavioral: Commitment mailing Ask people to commit to their upcoming medication adherence Behavioral: Reminder Remind people to take their medicine Behavioral: Identification Ask patients to report their predictions and commitments

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Medication refills [6 months]
frequency of refilling medication

Secondary Outcome Measures

Hemoglobin A1C [6 months]
LDL cholesterol [6 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

customers of the investigators' insurance company partner

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States	19104

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Pennsylvania

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Katherine Milkman, Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

University of Pennsylvania

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02411006

Other Study ID Numbers:

H14P001

First Posted:

Apr 8, 2015

Last Update Posted:

Sep 27, 2016

Last Verified:

Sep 1, 2016

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Hypertension

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 27, 2016