The Tick App: Changing Behaviors With Educational Messaging

NCT06880692 | Recruiting

• 5 other identifiers: 2018-00841U01CK000651-01-00Protocol Version 9/11/25A0736001U01CK000651-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief Summary

The goal of this work is to evaluate the use of ecological momentary assessments as a tool to assess risk and risk factors for tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. This study will be conducted across the United States, with a focus the upper Midwest and Northeast and with a focus on Wisconsin and will enroll up to 1000 people.

Conditions

Tick Bites

Keywords

tick education; behavior change; tick bite prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in number of tick prevention behaviors

  A goal of the intervention is to see an increase in tick prevention behaviors (tick checks and showering). To measure this, the change in number of tick prevention behaviors will be compared between groups. Data collected when participant completes 7 daily logs in app within 12 months.

  up to 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in number of self-reported tick encounters

  up to 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Tick App Educational Materials

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Educational Materials delivered via the Tick App

No Educational Messaging

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Educational Materials delivered via the Tick App OTHER

Education about tick bite prevention

Tick App Educational Materials

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Will to participate in 7 days worth of daily activity logs within the Tick App.
• be able and willing to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Completes less than 7 days worth of daily logs or completes 7+ daily logs but not within 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Madison: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator
• University of Illinois at Chicago: collaborator
• Michigan State University: collaborator
• Columbia University: collaborator
• Washington State University: collaborator

Study Sites (4)

University of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States

RECRUITING

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

RECRUITING

Columbia University

New York, New York, 10027, United States

RECRUITING

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington, 99164, United States

RECRUITING

Related Links

• The Tick App

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tick Bites

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bites and Stings; Poisoning; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Susan Paskewitz

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Lyric Bartholomay

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Cassie Halvorsen

CONTACT

608-265-4741; chalvorsen2@wisc.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants do not know if they are in the group getting messaging
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2025
• First Posted: March 18, 2025
• Study Start: March 31, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2026
• Study Completion: May 1, 2026
• Last Updated: October 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: Beginning 9 months after publication of primary outcomes and ending 2 years after that date.
• Access Criteria: Proposals should be directed to Susan Paskewitz, smpaskew@wisc.edu or Maria Diuk Wasser, mad2256@columbia.edu. If approved after review by regulatory counsel, requestors will enter into a formal data sharing agreement. Data will be shared via encrypted single-user file transmission protocol.

Locations

US (4)