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Fresh Start Experiment

Fresh Start Experiment

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02411032
Enrollment
13323
Registered
2015-04-08
Start date
2015-04-30
Completion date
2015-10-31
Last updated
2017-05-03

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Conditions

Diabetes, Hypertension

Brief summary

The investigators are proposing an experiment to help Humana investigate when to launch programs or send messages that are designed to improve customers' engagement. The investigators' past research has shown that certain life events and calendar events (e.g., a job change, a birthday, a holiday, Monday) feel like a fresh start to people and have the potential to motivate them to begin pursuing their health goals (e.g., exercising, starting a diet, quitting smoking).

Detailed description

The investigators are proposing an experiment to help Humana investigate when to launch programs or send messages that are designed to improve customers' engagement. The investigators' past research has shown that certain life events and calendar events (e.g., a job change, a birthday, a holiday, Monday) feel like a fresh start to people and have the potential to motivate them to begin pursuing their health goals (e.g., exercising, starting a diet, quitting smoking). In this experiment, the investigators will test (a) whether Humana can increase the effectiveness of its messages by sending them to customers around fresh starts moments and (b) whether highlighting a recent fresh start event in Humana's messages can further increase customer engagement.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALReminder

Customer gets mailing that reminds them to take their medication.

BEHAVIORALFresh start

Customers receive a mailing around a fresh start event: New Year's or birthday

BEHAVIORALFresh start framing

The fresh start event will be highlighted in the mailings.

Sponsors

University of Pennsylvania
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* customers of our insurance company partner

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Medication refills6 monthsfrequency of refilling medication

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Hemoglobin A1C6 months
LDL cholesterol6 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026