Clinical trial NCT05462158: Message Testing for CKD
Official title: The Impact on Nudges of CKD Testing
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Available for Members Text Message
Checked Health Text Message
No Text Message
Lead sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-18
Enrollment: 8637
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Members of CVS/Aetna will receive one of two text messages or receive no text message at all. In the available for members condition, participants will receive a text message that says, "Two common kidney tests have been made available for members. By taking them, you could stay ahead of any problems and keep enjoying life. Schedule a doctor visit today to ask about them." In the Checked Health condition, the message will say, "Have you checked your kidney health recently? By taking two common kidney tests, members can stay ahead of any problems and keep enjoying life. Schedule a doctor visit today to ask about them." There will also be a group of members that do not receive a text message at all.

Detailed description: The investigators will examine the proportion of participants that book an appointment, proportion of new diagnoses for CKD, creatinine tests and/or albuminuria tests, proportion of participants that looked for more information after receiving the text message. The investigators will examine these metrics 6 months after all of the text messages have gone out \~8,637. The investigators will examine difference in conditions between the metrics listed above in the DV section. The investigators will compare the two conditions to each other, as well as to the group who does not receive a text message. The investigators will conduct a series of chi square tests/logistic regressions to examine the differences.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participant must be a health insurance customer with the company we are working with.
* All other eligibility criteria are determined by the company and not disclosed to us. They will pick a sample of customers for the study, with participants then being randomly assigned to treatments they qualify for.

Exclusion Criteria:

* NA

Primary outcomes:
measure: Proportion of appointments
timeFrame: The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them
measure: Proportion of new diagnoses for CKD, creatinine tests and/or albuminuria tests
timeFrame: The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them
measure: Proportion of participants that looked for more information
timeFrame: The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
name: Marissa Sharif, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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