Nudging for Behavior Change in School Cafeterias
6 de noviembre de 2019 actualizado por: Andrew Hanks, Ohio State University
Measuring the Long-Term Impact of Behavioral Interventions in Middle School Cafeterias
The main purpose of this research is to look at a school lunchroom intervention that is known to improve fruit, vegetable, and milk consumption and see how it changes in the long run and if it affects the child's behavior permanently.
The intervention will include the giving the vegetables descriptive names, moving the fruit to right next to the register and in attractive bowls, and increasing the amount of white milk served by 10%.
The main forms of analyzing these results are through food preparation records, lunch sales records, and tray waste records.
The first focus of this study is to see if there is a specific point in an intervention when improvement stops and therefore the intervention needs to be updated.
This procedure involves looking at five similar middle schools with this same intervention over a 15 week period.
The time of intervention implementation will vary by three week intervals, so the first will start the first week of school, the next school will start after three weeks of school, the next will start after six weeks of school, and the next will start after nine weeks of school, and the last will be a control school where there will be no intervention implementation.
These intervals will help eliminate bias dealing with the beginning of the year excitement and seasonal effects.
Food preparation records and lunch sales records will be collected from the school for the 15 week period.
Tray waste will be recorded by having 200 randomly selected trays measured and collected twice a week over the 15 week period.
This focus will help schools manage when they need to change their intervention so that improvements will not stop.
The second focus of this study is to see if the children's improvement is kept when the intervention has stopped.
This procedure will involve looking at a similar school to the other 5 schools.
But unlike the other schools, this one will have the first 5 weeks without the intervention, then 5 weeks with the intervention, and then another 5 weeks without the intervention.
Food preparation records and lunch sales records will be collected from the school for the 15 week period.
Tray waste will be recorded by having 200 randomly selected trays measured and collected twice a week over the 15 week period.
This second focus will help identify how effective this intervention is in permanently changing dietary habits.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
3000
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Ohio
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43203
- Champion Middle School
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43204
- Hilltonia Middle School
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43207
- Buckeye Middle School
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43219
- Mifflin Middle School
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43224
- Medina Middle School
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Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos, 43227
- Johnson Park Middle School
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
10 años a 15 años (Niño)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Todos
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- This research focused on food choices of middle school students, grades 6-8, which generally range in ages 11-14. In addition, since we are interested in learning about the types of cafeteria foods children select and what they throw away, we focus on students who receive a school lunch meal.
Exclusion Criteria:
- We exclude students who do not receive a school lunch meal.
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Prevención
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Sin intervención: Control
In this school, we collected data throughout the entire study without implementing any intervention.
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Experimental: 5-week Intervention with Post-intervention Data Collection
In this school, we collected baseline data for 5 weeks, implemented the intervention for five weeks, then removed the intervention and collected post-intervention data for five weeks.
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The intervention consists of three components: 1) serving fresh fruit in attractive bowls in at least two locations on the lunch line; 2) providing descriptive names for the vegetables; and 3) increasing amount of plain milk availability by 10% and placing it in front of the chocolate milk.
For the vegetable naming intervention, researchers first developed, printed, and laminated descriptive vegetable name cards (2"x4").
Some examples included "Savory Collard Greens," and "[School Mascot] Salad."
Cafeteria staff affixed name cards to the serving line sneeze-guards in front of the vegetables for the day.
For the fruit intervention, we purchased and delivered two ceramic bowls to the intervention school.
The cafeteria staff filled the bowls and put them in different locations on the lunch line.
For the milk intervention, cafeteria staff increased the amount of plain milk available by 10% and placed plain in front of chocolate milk in the coolers.
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Experimental: Implement intervention for 15 weeks
In this school, we implemented the intervention on January 11, 2016, the day the study began.
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The intervention consists of three components: 1) serving fresh fruit in attractive bowls in at least two locations on the lunch line; 2) providing descriptive names for the vegetables; and 3) increasing amount of plain milk availability by 10% and placing it in front of the chocolate milk.
For the vegetable naming intervention, researchers first developed, printed, and laminated descriptive vegetable name cards (2"x4").
Some examples included "Savory Collard Greens," and "[School Mascot] Salad."
Cafeteria staff affixed name cards to the serving line sneeze-guards in front of the vegetables for the day.
For the fruit intervention, we purchased and delivered two ceramic bowls to the intervention school.
The cafeteria staff filled the bowls and put them in different locations on the lunch line.
For the milk intervention, cafeteria staff increased the amount of plain milk available by 10% and placed plain in front of chocolate milk in the coolers.
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Experimental: Implement intervention for 12 weeks
In this school, we collected baseline data for three weeks and then implemented the intervention for the remaining twelve weeks.
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The intervention consists of three components: 1) serving fresh fruit in attractive bowls in at least two locations on the lunch line; 2) providing descriptive names for the vegetables; and 3) increasing amount of plain milk availability by 10% and placing it in front of the chocolate milk.
For the vegetable naming intervention, researchers first developed, printed, and laminated descriptive vegetable name cards (2"x4").
Some examples included "Savory Collard Greens," and "[School Mascot] Salad."
Cafeteria staff affixed name cards to the serving line sneeze-guards in front of the vegetables for the day.
For the fruit intervention, we purchased and delivered two ceramic bowls to the intervention school.
The cafeteria staff filled the bowls and put them in different locations on the lunch line.
For the milk intervention, cafeteria staff increased the amount of plain milk available by 10% and placed plain in front of chocolate milk in the coolers.
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Experimental: Implement intervention for 9 weeks
In this school, we collected baseline data for six weeks and then implemented the intervention for the remaining nine weeks.
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The intervention consists of three components: 1) serving fresh fruit in attractive bowls in at least two locations on the lunch line; 2) providing descriptive names for the vegetables; and 3) increasing amount of plain milk availability by 10% and placing it in front of the chocolate milk.
For the vegetable naming intervention, researchers first developed, printed, and laminated descriptive vegetable name cards (2"x4").
Some examples included "Savory Collard Greens," and "[School Mascot] Salad."
Cafeteria staff affixed name cards to the serving line sneeze-guards in front of the vegetables for the day.
For the fruit intervention, we purchased and delivered two ceramic bowls to the intervention school.
The cafeteria staff filled the bowls and put them in different locations on the lunch line.
For the milk intervention, cafeteria staff increased the amount of plain milk available by 10% and placed plain in front of chocolate milk in the coolers.
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Experimental: Implement intervention for 6 weeks
In this school, we collected baseline data for nine weeks and then implemented the intervention for the remaining six weeks.
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The intervention consists of three components: 1) serving fresh fruit in attractive bowls in at least two locations on the lunch line; 2) providing descriptive names for the vegetables; and 3) increasing amount of plain milk availability by 10% and placing it in front of the chocolate milk.
For the vegetable naming intervention, researchers first developed, printed, and laminated descriptive vegetable name cards (2"x4").
Some examples included "Savory Collard Greens," and "[School Mascot] Salad."
Cafeteria staff affixed name cards to the serving line sneeze-guards in front of the vegetables for the day.
For the fruit intervention, we purchased and delivered two ceramic bowls to the intervention school.
The cafeteria staff filled the bowls and put them in different locations on the lunch line.
For the milk intervention, cafeteria staff increased the amount of plain milk available by 10% and placed plain in front of chocolate milk in the coolers.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Percentage of students that took a serving of fruit
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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To determine whether or not a student took a serving of fruit, we will rely on tray waste records that we collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study.
Based on these records, if a student selected a serving of fruit, she will receive a value of one.
Otherwise, she will receive a value of zero.
We will use this binary measure to estimate the proportion of students who took a serving of fruit.
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30 days
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Percentage of students that took a serving of vegetables
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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To determine whether or not a student took a serving of vegetables, we will rely on tray waste records that we collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study.
Based on these records, if a student selected a serving of vegetables, she will receive a value of one.
Otherwise, she will receive a value of zero.
We will use this binary measure to estimate the proportion of students who took a serving of vegetables.
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30 days
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Percentage of students that took a carton of white milk (one pint)
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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To determine whether or not a student took a carton of white milk, we will rely on tray waste records that we collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study.
Based on these records, if a student selected a carton of white milk, she will receive a value of one.
Otherwise, she will receive a value of zero.
We will use this binary measure to estimate the proportion of students who took a carton of white milk.
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30 days
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Percentage of students that took a serving of flavored milk (one pint)
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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To determine whether or not a student took a carton of flavored milk, we will rely on tray waste records that we collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study.
Based on these records, if a student selected a carton of flavored milk, she will receive a value of one.
Otherwise, she will receive a value of zero.
We will use this binary measure to estimate the proportion of students who took a carton of flavored milk.
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30 days
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Percentage of students that took an entree
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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To determine whether or not a student took an entree, we will rely on tray waste records that we collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study.
Based on these records, if a student selected an entree, she will receive a value of one.
Otherwise, she will receive a value of zero.
We will use this binary measure to estimate the proportion of students who took an entree.
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30 days
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Fraction of fruit serving wasted by the student
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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The tray waste records our researchers collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study indicate how much -- 0, one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, all -- of the fruit serving a student threw away.
We will use this measure to estimate the percentage of fruit servings students wasted.
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30 days
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Fraction of vegetable serving wasted by the student
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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The tray waste records our researchers collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study indicate how much -- 0, one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, all -- of the vegetable serving a student threw away.
We will use this measure to estimate the percentage of vegetable servings students wasted.
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30 days
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Fraction of white milk wasted by the student
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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The tray waste records our researchers collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study indicate how much -- 0, one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, all -- of the serving of white milk (one pint) a student threw away.
We will use this measure to estimate the percentage of white milk servings students wasted.
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30 days
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Fraction of flavored milk wasted by the student
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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The tray waste records our researchers collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study indicate how much -- 0, one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, all -- of the serving of flavored milk (one pint) a student threw away.
We will use this measure to estimate the percentage of flavored milk servings students wasted.
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30 days
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Fraction of entree wasted by the student
Periodo de tiempo: 30 days
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The tray waste records our researchers collected twice a week (repeated measures) for the duration of the study indicate how much -- 0, one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, all -- of the entree serving a student threw away.
We will use this measure to estimate the percentage of entree servings students wasted.
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30 days
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Proportion of prepared fruit servings that students took
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of fruit servings cafeteria staff prepared and the number of fruit servings students took.
To calculate the proportion of prepared fruit servings taken by students we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of servings prepared.
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75 days
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Proportion of prepared vegetable servings that students took
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of vegetable servings cafeteria staff prepared and the number of vegetable servings students took.
To calculate the proportion of prepared vegetable servings taken by students we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of servings prepared.
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75 days
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Proportion of prepared entree servings that students took
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of entree servings cafeteria staff prepared and the number of entree servings students took.
To calculate the proportion of prepared entree servings taken by students we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of servings prepared.
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75 days
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Proportion of white milk cartons taken
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of white milk cartons made available and the number of white milk cartons students took.
To calculate the proportion of white milk cartons taken by students we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of servings prepared.
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75 days
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Proportion of flavored milk cartons taken
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of flavored milk cartons made available and the number of flavored milk cartons students took.
To calculate the proportion of flavored milk cartons taken by students we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of servings prepared.
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75 days
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Percentage of total students that took a fruit serving
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of fruit servings prepared and the total number of students who received a school lunch.
To calculate the percentage of students who took a fruit serving we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of students who received lunch.
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75 days
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Percentage of total students that took a vegetable serving
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of vegetable servings prepared and the total number of students who received a school lunch.
To calculate the percentage of students who took a vegetable serving we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of students who received lunch.
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75 days
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Percentage of total students that took an entree serving
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of entree servings prepared and the total number of students who received a school lunch.
To calculate the percentage of students who took an entree serving we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of students who received lunch.
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75 days
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Percentage of total students that took a carton of white milk
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of white milk cartons made available the total number of students who received a school lunch.
To calculate the percentage of students who took a carton of white milk we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of students who received lunch.
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75 days
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Percentage of total students that took a carton of flavored milk
Periodo de tiempo: 75 days
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Cafeterias in the study provided us with food production records that provide daily records of the number of flavored milk cartons made available the total number of students who received a school lunch.
To calculate the percentage of students who took a carton of flavored milk we will divide the number of servings students took by the total number of students who received lunch.
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75 days
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Percentage of fidelity assessments that returned positive marks
Periodo de tiempo: 36 days
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Throughout the study, researchers conducted fidelity assessments to make sure the schools maintained the interventions.
These process control measures are the ratio of successful fidelity checks to the total number.
Researchers conducted these assessments during each day they collected tray waste measures and during a randomly selected non-tray waste collection date once a month.
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36 days
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Andrew S Hanks, PhD, Ohio State University
- Director de estudio: Haleigh Gaines, MS,RD, Ohio State University
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
11 de enero de 2016
Finalización primaria (Actual)
27 de abril de 2016
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
29 de abril de 2016
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
29 de octubre de 2019
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
6 de noviembre de 2019
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
7 de noviembre de 2019
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
7 de noviembre de 2019
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
6 de noviembre de 2019
Última verificación
1 de noviembre de 2019
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 2016B0004
- 2019B0480 (Otro identificador: Ohio State University)
- 62140-10509 (Otro número de subvención/financiamiento: Cornell University)
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
SÍ
Descripción del plan IPD
We agree to share the study data with researchers who request access.
While we will not publicly post the data, we will provide them through an electronic link.
None of the data contain unique identifiers.
Marco de tiempo para compartir IPD
Data are available as of October 29, 2019 and will be available until December 31, 2020.
Criterios de acceso compartido de IPD
Those interested in acquiring the data can contact Dr. Andrew Hanks at hanks.46@osu.edu.
Tipo de información de apoyo para compartir IPD
- PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDIO
- CÓDIGO_ANALÍTICO
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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