Clinical trial · Interventional
UCLA Health Patient Health Maintenance Text Reminder July 2023
NCT05979987CI-TRIAL-00091695completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a prospective randomized clinical trial evaluating how behaviorally-informed outreach text message reminders impact patient engagement with primary care. This prospective randomized control trial is being implemented in conjunction with UCLA Health's larger quality improvement initiative (the My Action Plan Quality Improvement Initiative) in order to improve primary care preventive measure completion rates.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Diabetes | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Health Maintenance | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persuasion via anecdote | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Persuasion via anecdote without link | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Persuasion via research | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Reminder of preventive care measures | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Control Reminder
- description
- Eligible, randomized participants will receive a generic text message reminding them to close their outstanding health gap.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Reminder of preventive care measures
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Anecdote-based Reminder
- description
- Eligible, randomized participants will receive a text message reminding them to close their outstanding health gap. This message will contain an anecdote of a patient whose cancer was caught early through similar, recommended preventive screenings. The message prompts patients to click on a link to read the story about the patient.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Reminder of preventive care measures
- Behavioral: Persuasion via anecdote
- type
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Empaneled to UCLA Health DOM Primary Care 2. Has at least one overdue health maintenance measure that the My Action Plan initiative focuses on 3. Has an active MyChart status 4. Can accept SMS messages from UCLA Health 5. Has not opened the My Action Plan electronic letter within 7 days of initial outreach 6. Has a July Birthday Exclusion Criteria: 1. Under the age of 18 2. Deceased patients 3. Hospice patients 4. Has opted out electronic communication (bulk messages, email, and/or text) 5. For the final analysis, the investigators will further exclude patients who have scheduled appointments for all screenings/tests or completed all screenings/tests prior to the date when they are supposed to receive the reminder from this trial
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available
No reference posted for this study.