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NCT03833219 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Comparative Effectiveness of Financial Incentives and Nudges to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving Among UBI Auto Policy Holders

A NA study, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
2,108
Enrollment target

NCT03833219: Completed NA study, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania.

NCT03833219 is a NA study that has completed, run by University of Pennsylvania. The registered enrollment target is 2,108 participants, above the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (50% higher). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03833219, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by University of Pennsylvania.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
2,108 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The investigators are proposing an experiment to help a national auto insurance company test behavioral economic strategies to reduce the amount of time policy holders actively use their cell phone while driving. Interventions include financial incentives, social comparison, and nudges, and survey data will also be collected. Data collected from this internal trial will be shared with the Penn research team and analyzed

Primary Outcome

Percentage of driving time engaging in active handheld phone use (also measured as seconds of distracted driving/hour of driving)

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Weekly feedback
  • BEHAVIORAL End of intervention period incentive
  • BEHAVIORAL Loss-framed weekly incentive

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 2,108 participants
Start Date 2019-05-07
Est. Completion 2020-08-30
Phase NA
University of Pennsylvania

1,423 total trials

What the finished NCT03833219 record still lists

NCT03833219 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. Its 2,108 participants enrollment target places it among the larger protocols in the corpus, above the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (50% higher).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 3 interventions - of which Weekly feedback is the first listed.

NCT03833219 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03833219 about?

NCT03833219 is a clinical study titled "Comparative Effectiveness of Financial Incentives and Nudges to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving Among UBI Auto Policy Holders". The investigators are proposing an experiment to help a national auto insurance company test behavioral economic strategies to reduce the amount of time policy holders actively use their cell phone while driving. Interventions include financial incentives, social comparison, and nudges, and survey d...

What is the current status of trial NCT03833219?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 2,108 participants. The study started on 2019-05-07. Estimated completion is 2020-08-30.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03833219?

The interventions under investigation include: Weekly feedback (BEHAVIORAL), End of intervention period incentive (BEHAVIORAL), Loss-framed weekly incentive (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03833219?

This trial is sponsored by University of Pennsylvania, which has 1,423 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03833219's enrollment target sits among peer trials

2,108 49th of 2000 higher than 1,952 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03833219, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT03833219 (large enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.