Wellness Program Outreach for Metabolic Syndrome

This study is looking at the best way to encourage people with metabolic syndrome (a group of risk factors like high waist size or high triglycerides that increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes) to join a wellness program called Pack Health. This program offers individual health coaching for weight management and diabetes prevention. Researchers are comparing two approaches: one where eligible individuals are automatically enrolled but can choose to opt-out, and another where they are simply invited to join (opt-in). The main goal is to see which method leads to more people starting the program within 12 months. You might be able to join if you are an employee, spouse, or domestic partner over 18 and have metabolic syndrome.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 2000 planned participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: either automatically enrolled with an opt-out option, or invited to enroll.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Engagement initiation will be measured at 12 months.

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NCT06725511

Wellness Program Outreach and Effectiveness

Recruiting
NAAges 21+InterventionalHealth services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
~2,000 participants
Updated 2024-12-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Opt-out framingOpt-in framing

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Probability of Engagement initiation
Measured over 12 months
Metabolic Syndrome
1 sites across 1 states
New Jersey1
  • Joseph Doyle, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · MIT Sloan School of Management

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Employees/spouses/domestic partners over the age of 18
Metabolic syndrome defined as results indicating 3 or more of the following risk factors:
High waist circumference (\>35 inches for women and \>40 inches for men)
High triglycerides (≥150 mg/dl)
Low HDL cholesterol (\<50 mg/dl for women and \<40 mg/dl for men)
High Blood Pressure (≥130/85)
High Fasting Glucose (≥100 mg/dl)

Exclusion

1\. Anyone under the age of 21. They will not be part of the study and will receive messages as if they were in the control group.
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Binge-eating disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Major depression
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Severe anxiety disorder
  • Probability of Engagement initiation12 months

    The outcome is whether participants begin the program at some point during the Annual Risk Assessment year.