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Clinical Trials/NCT03833219
NCT03833219
Completed
Not Applicable

Comparative Effectiveness of Financial Incentives and Smartphone-based Nudges to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving Among Auto Insurance Policy Holders With Usage Based Insurance Policies

University of Pennsylvania1 site in 1 country2,108 target enrollmentMay 7, 2019

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Automobile Accident
Sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Enrollment
2108
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Seconds of active phone use per hour of driving
Status
Completed
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators are proposing an experiment to help a national auto insurance company test behavioral economic strategies to reduce the amount of time policy holders actively use their cell phone while driving. Interventions include financial incentives, social comparison, and nudges, and survey data will also be collected. Data collected from this internal trial will be shared with the Penn research team and analyzed

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
May 7, 2019
End Date
August 30, 2020
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Factorial
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Progressive Snapshot Users with policy activated within recruitment period
  • Progressive Snapshot policy holder in one of the following states and regions: MI, PA, TX, FL, TN, OR, GA, NE, OK, OH, MT, MO, NV, CT, WI, MD, KY, MN, NH, NJ, AZ, ME, LA, SC, CO, MS, IN, IA, AL, ND, UT, RI, WV, WY, IL, AR, DE, KS, SD, NM, VT, ID, and the District of Columbia
  • Has an email address

Exclusion Criteria

  • Progressive Snapshot Mobile App not updated to enable push notifications
  • Customer's residential address is in a state in which phone use while driving is factored into insurance rating
  • Customer's Snapshot Mobile App does not collect trip data with all sensors active
  • Customer in Snapshot program for \< 30 days or more \> 70 days

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Seconds of active phone use per hour of driving

Time Frame: 150 days

Percentage of driving time engaging in active handheld phone use (also measured as seconds of distracted driving/hour of driving)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Seconds of passive phone use per hour of driving(150 days)
  • Hard breaking events per 100 miles(150 days)
  • Hard acceleration events per 100 miles(150 days)

Study Sites (1)

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