Texts and emails could get seniors to their free checkups
NCT ID NCT06640426
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether sending personalized emails and text messages could encourage more Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older to schedule and attend their free Annual Wellness Visits. Nearly 30,000 participants who had not yet scheduled a visit were included. The goal was to see if simple reminders could boost preventive care, such as cancer screenings, in older adults.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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29,842 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 65 or older * Have either a mobile phone number or an email address on file with the health system * Included in and non-compliant on the Ascension AWV Clinical Priority Goal measure * Have consented to receive electronic communications from the health system Exclusion Criteria: * Patients whose primary care providers are exempted from the campaign by the health system * Completed MAWV appointment in previous 30 days * Has an upcoming AWV appointment scheduled * Have received a nudge campaign from the Clinical Transformation team in the past 90 days * Patients who have previously opted out of receiving electronic communications from the health system in our message delivery platform (Salesforce)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ascension Health
St Louis, Missouri, 63134, United States
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