E-mails to Nudge Safer and Better-Informed Prescribing of Risky Drugs

Summary

This study will test e-mails to encourage engagement with the Minnesota prescription monitoring program (PMP/PDMP) and will evaluate the effect of these e-mails on PMP/PDMP use and controlled substance prescribing.

Conditions

• Opioid Prescribing
• Prescription Drug Misuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PDMP Legal Mandate E-mail

E-mails highlighting the state's legal requirements to use the PDMP. There will be one initial email and one follow-up email one month later.

BEHAVIORAL

PDMP Clinical Benefit E-mail

E-mails highlighting the clinical benefits of having access to the PDMP and checking the PDMP before prescribing opioids. There will be one initial email and one follow-up email one month later.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California

  collaborator OTHER

• Bowdoin College

  collaborator OTHER

• Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

  collaborator OTHER

• Minnesota Management and Budget

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Minnesota Board of Pharmacy

  collaborator OTHER

• Columbia University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Adam Sacarny, PhD · Columbia University

• Mireille Jacobson, PhD · University of Southern California

• Tatyana Avilova, PhD · Bowdoin College

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-07-17

Primary Completion

2024-09-14

Completion

2025-09-24

Countries

• United States

Study Locations