Message Testing for CKD

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Available for Members Text Message; No Text Message; Checked Health Text Message
• Interventions: Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing

• Registration Number: NCT05462158
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-15
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-15
• Study Completion: 2022-12-15
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8637

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No Text Message	Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing	Participants in this group will not receive a text message at all
Available for Members-Text	Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing	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.
Checked Health-Text	Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing	Participants will receive a text message that 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."

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of appointments	The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them	The investigators will examine the proportion of appointments participants make between conditions
Proportion of new diagnoses for CKD, creatinine tests and/or albuminuria tests	The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them
Proportion of participants that looked for more information	The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them	Participants can request for more information upon receiving the text message

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE); 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States