Behavioral Economics for Activity Motivation in Adolescents (BEAM)

Summary

There is an urgent need to engineer targeted physical activity interventions that are effective and scalable for obese adolescents and young adults (AYA) with type 2 diabetes (T2D), who often have very low levels of physical activity. The BEAM Trial is a mobile health (mHealth) intervention that uses behavioral economic-informed financial incentives and text messaging to promote physical activity in AYA with T2D and prediabetes.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• PreDiabetes
• Insulin Resistance
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

1RLD

1RLD=One text per day, ramped goal, loss incentive, daily goal time period

BEHAVIORAL

1RLW

1RLW=One text per day, ramped goal, loss incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1RGD

1RGD=One text per day, ramped goal, gain incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1RGW

One text per day, ramped goal, gain incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2RLD

Two texts per day, ramped goal, loss incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2RLW

Two texts per day, ramped goal, loss incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2RGD

Two texts per day, ramped goal, gain incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2RGW

Two texts per day, ramped goal, gain incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1FLD

One text per day, fixed goal, loss incentive, daily weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1FLW

One text per day, fixed goal, loss incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1FGD

One text per day, fixed goal, gain incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

1FGW

One text per day, fixed goal, gain incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2FLD

Two texts per day, fixed goal, loss incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2FLW

Two texts per day, fixed goal, loss incentive, weekly goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2FGD

Two texts per day, fixed goal, gain incentive, daily goal time period.

BEHAVIORAL

2FGW

Two texts per day, fixed goal, gain incentive, weekly goal time period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Pittsburgh

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

22 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-16

Primary Completion

2024-10-04

Completion

2024-10-04

Countries

• United States

Study Locations