Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Understand and Improve Financial Decision Making Among Vulnerable Older Adults (Discovery)

This study seeks to: * Identify behavioral preference patterns that characterize older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation. * Estimate the extent to which biases in decision-making process influence financial decisions among older adults vulnerable to financial exploitation to refine information content and behavioral 'nudge' strategies.

NCT Number	NCT07682727
Lead Sponsor	The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions	Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
Enrollment	400 participants
Start Date	2026-08-01
Primary Completion	2027-12-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-12-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-07-07