Take Charge of Your Diabetes

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Financial Incentive: Fixed Lottery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01977495

818810

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigator plans to assess enrollment rates among two different enrollment methods, while providing a behavioral economic intervention to enhance the uptake of home-health monitoring devices to lower hemoglobin A1C among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. The study is focusing on enrollment methods since the standard randomized control trial only reaches 15% of the population. The study is seeking to understand the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention, when rolled out in a larger population.

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adults between 18 and 80 years of age
2. Primary care patients at the Division of General Internal Medicine clinics at the University of Pennsylvania
3. Hemoglobin A1c measured within the last 8 weeks greater than 8.0% OR no measured Hemoglobin A1C measured in the last two years
4. A confirmed diabetes diagnosis
5. Planning to stay in area for study duration (6 months)
6. Can understand and communicate fluently in English

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to read and give consent
2. Suffer from an uncontrolled psychiatric disease

Trial design

136 participants in 2 patient groups

Opt-in Enrollment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Opt-in enrollment: patient will be sent a recruitment letter, in which they must call the study team to take part in the study. During that call, the study team will schedule the participant for an intake visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Financial Incentive: Fixed Lottery

Opt-out enrollment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Opt-out enrollment: patient will be sent a letter communicating to them that they have been enrolled into a research program at their doctor's office. After 10 days, the study team will contact the opt-out participants to schedule an intake visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Financial Incentive: Fixed Lottery