Message Testing for CKD

The Impact on Nudges of CKD Testing

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Available for Members Text Message; Checked Health Text Message; No Text Message
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing

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 Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 8637
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Available for Members-Text; 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.	Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing; The investigators will examine the impact of different messages on different dimensions of testing for CKD
EXPERIMENTAL: Checked Health-Text; 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."	Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing; The investigators will examine the impact of different messages on different dimensions of testing for CKD
EXPERIMENTAL: No Text Message; Participants in this group will not receive a text message at all	Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing; The investigators will examine the impact of different messages on different dimensions of testing for CKD

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proportion of appointments	The investigators will examine the proportion of appointments participants make between conditions	The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them
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	Participants can request for more information upon receiving the text message	The investigators will examine this 6 months after all of the text messages are sent out~8637 of them

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Marissa Sharif, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): March 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): September 15, 2022
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 15, 2022
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 13, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 9, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 850936

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: The company we are working with will be analyzing the data and informing us of the results. We will not have data to share.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No