Reminders Through Association & Prescription Adherence

NCT03697083 | Terminated Results

• 1 other identifier: 825556
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 777
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop behavioral interventions that provide effective tools that policy makers can use to help individuals avoid forgetting to follow-through on important behaviors and for individuals to use to help themselves. In the investigators past research, they have shown that reminders through association work in the lab setting. The investigators seek to understand how this strategy can work in the field, especially when people are trying to fulfill a health outcome.

Conditions

Medication Adherence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Picking up Prescription on Intended Date of Pickup

  At the beginning of the study, participants indicate the date they plan to pick up their prescription. Participants are later asked to text a picture of their prescription receipt to the experimenter after they complete the prescription reminder program. The receipt must satisfy three criteria: 1. The receipt must show that a prescription was purchased. 2. The receipt must show the date of purchase. This date of purchase must match the participant's intended pick up date. 3. The participant must write the word "End" on their receipt. Upon receiving the picture text, one research assistant will verify that the image of the receipt satisfies all three criteria. the investigators' primary dependent variable is binary taking the value one if the participant sends a picture of their receipt to the investigators that satisfies all criteria stated above and taking the value zero if otherwise.

  The time frame can range from less than 1 day to a maximum of 7 days.

Study Arms (3)

Reminders Through Association Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

participants will be prompted to think of a reminder cue that will help them remember to pick up the prescription.

Other: Reminders Through Association

Active Control Arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will be asked to think about where they will store their prescription.

Other: Active Control

Baseline Control Arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants are thanked for enrolling in the reminder program.

Other: Baseline Control

Interventions

Reminders Through Association OTHER

Participants receive 8 text messages asking them to think of a reminder cue that will help them remember to pick up the prescription and use the cue.

Reminders Through Association Arm

Active Control OTHER

Participants receive 8 text messages asking them to think of where they plan to store their medication once they pick it up and to think about that location on their intended date of pickup.

Active Control Arm

Baseline Control OTHER

Participants receive 1 text message thanking participants for enrolling in the reminder program. Participants are not contacted further.

Baseline Control Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be capable of sending and receiving text and picture messages on their phone.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will only be excluded if they participated in the pilot study in which the investigators enrolled 150 participants. These participants will be excluded when they attempt to text the investigators to enroll.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pennsylvania: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Medication Adherence

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Katherine K. Milkman Ph.D.
• Organization: University of Pennsylvania

kmilkman@wharton.upenn.edu

215-573-9646

Study Officials

• Katherine Milkman, PhD

  University of Pennsylvania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 28, 2018
• First Posted: October 5, 2018
• Study Start: June 14, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 21, 2018
• Study Completion: September 21, 2018
• Last Updated: August 6, 2019
• Results First Posted: August 6, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Locations

US (1)