Message Testing for CKD

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Available for Members Text Message; No Text Message; Checked Health Text Message

Treatments: Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05462158

850936

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 8,637 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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8,637 participants in 3 patient groups

Available for Members-Text

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing

Checked Health-Text

Experimental group

Description:

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."

Treatment:

Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing

No Text Message

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will not receive a text message at all

Treatment:

Behavioral: Impact of Nudges on CKD Testing