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Nudging Preventive Screening Via Message Framing and Bundling

The Effect of Message Framing and Screening Bundling on Preventive Screening Engagement: A Randomized Field Experiment

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is a randomized controlled field experiment embedded in the medical institution Early Diagnosis Program in Chile. Participants with two exams pending (a cancer screening test and a chronic disease test for diabetes and dyslipidemia) will be randomly assigned across a 3 × 3 factorial design: three message framing conditions (Basic, Risk/Importance, Peace of Mind) crossed with three exam-type conditions (cancer screening only, chronic disease test only, or both exams). Participants with only a cancer screening pending will be assigned to the 3 framing conditions and be encouraged to get the cancer screening. In both cases, participants are assigned to each experimental arm at twice the rate of an additional arm receiving the standard message currently used by the medical institution. This standard-message arm is included for operational purposes, is not part of the pre-specified analyses, and is thus not described in the "Arms and Intervention" section (or counted for "number of arms").

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
235000 (estimated)
First submitted
8 Jun 2026
Start date
8 Jun 2026
Primary completion date
8 Sept 2026
Lead sponsor
University of Chile
NCT number
NCT07644910

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 235000
  • From 8 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, 8 Sept 2026
  • No sites listed in no country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • Participants whose WhatsApp message was not successfully delivered, as reported by the third-party software used by the medical institution.

Who the study is looking for

  • Has at least one pending cancer screening (breast, colorectal, cervical, or prostate) within the contact window, as determined by the medical institution
  • Aged 21 to 74 years
  • Has a valid phone number on file
  • Eligibility is determined operationally before randomization (ex-ante)

Age in the registry: 21 years to 74 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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