Incentives for Moving

This study has suspended participant recruitment.

(Enrollment has not begun; study suspended indefinitely due to change in management at company where we were going to conduct the study.)

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

University of California, Berkeley

Carnegie Mellon University

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Michael Norton, Harvard University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01278680

First received: January 18, 2011

Last updated: March 15, 2012

Last verified: March 2012

History of Changes

Tracking Information
First Received Date ^ICMJE	January 18, 2011
Last Updated Date	March 15, 2012
Start Date ^ICMJE	February 2011
Estimated Primary Completion Date	April 2013 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE (submitted: January 18, 2011)	Walkstation usage [ Time Frame: 45 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Same as current
Change History	Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01278680 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE (submitted: January 18, 2011)	Questionnaire [ Time Frame: baseline; 45 days; 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire that assesses job satisfaction, personal well-being, and health behaviors Walkstation usage [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] Biometrics [ Time Frame: baseline & 45 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ] Height, weight, and blood pressure
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Same as current
Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided

Descriptive Information
Brief Title ^ICMJE	Incentives for Moving
Official Title ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Brief Summary	Employees of Blue Shield of California (BSC) will be recruited to participate to regularly use Walkstations. Some participants will be randomly assigned to a "hold out" control condition and the remainder will be assigned to one of two experimental treatments: Personal Incentive vs. Charitable Incentive. In the Personal Incentive condition people will be paid $3 for every completed Walkstation session, whereas for participants in the Charitable Incentive condition $3 will be donated to a specific charity. The incentives will operate for approximately 45 days and then for an additional 45 days participants in the two experimental conditions will have access to the Walkstations. Participants in the hold out control condition will begin using the Walkstations after the initial 90 day period.
Detailed Description	Not Provided
Study Type ^ICMJE	Interventional
Study Phase	Not Provided
Study Design ^ICMJE	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Condition ^ICMJE	Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity; General Well-being
Intervention ^ICMJE	Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage The investigators are testing the effect of two different incentive schemes on people's usage of walkstations at work: either a personal incentive (in which people receive personal financial benefit for using the walkstations) vs. a charitable incentive (in which others receive financial benefit if a given individual uses the walkstation).
Study Arm (s)	No Intervention: Hold-out control Hold-out control: participants will be asked to refrain from using the walkstations for the duration of the study (90 days). Active Comparator: Personal incentive Personal incentive: Participants will receive $3 for each time they use the walkstation. Intervention: Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage Experimental: Charitable incentive Charitable incentive: $3 will be donated to charity every time the participant uses the walkstation. Intervention: Behavioral: Incentives for walkstation usage
Publications *	Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status ^ICMJE	Suspended
Estimated Enrollment ^ICMJE	120
Estimated Completion Date	April 2013
Estimated Primary Completion Date	April 2013 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE	Inclusion Criteria: Must pass the ParQ Exclusion Criteria: Ineligible if person did not pass ParQ AND did not provide doctor's note authorizing their participation.
Gender	Both
Ages	18 Years to 65 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	Yes
Contacts ^ICMJE	Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Location Countries ^ICMJE	United States

Administrative Information
NCT Number ^ICMJE	NCT01278680
Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE	Walkstation3
Has Data Monitoring Committee	Yes
Responsible Party	Michael Norton, Harvard University
Study Sponsor ^ICMJE	Harvard University
Collaborators ^ICMJE	University of California, Berkeley Carnegie Mellon University
Investigators ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Information Provided By	Harvard University
Verification Date	March 2012
^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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