Text Reminders to Immunize in a Managed Care Organization

NCT01806714 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 056103-002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,812
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a managed care-based HPV vaccination reminder/recall system using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) across diverse practices and patient populations. The trial will measure the effectiveness of text messaging reminder/recall on (a) improving initiation and (b) completion rate of the HPV vaccine series; (c) decreasing the time between vaccine doses; and (d) improving rates of preventive visits for adolescents The hypotheses are that text-messaged reminders to parents of adolescents will result in improved rates of HPV vaccine series initiation, HPV vaccine series completion, will decrease the intervals between vaccine doses and will improve rates of preventive care among adolescents. Parents receiving specific text-messaged reminders about services (i.e. HPV vaccination, well child care visits) for which their adolescent is due will be compared to a control group of parents receiving general health tips through text messages.

Conditions

Human Papilloma Virus

Keywords

HPV vaccination; Adolescent well care; Adolescent HPV immunization; HPV

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percentage of Participants Receiving HPV Vaccination (Dose 1)

  Participants who received HPV vaccine dose 1 Kaplan-Meier failure function

  9 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Percentage of Participants Receiving HPV Vaccination (Dose 2)

  9 months

• Percentage of Participants Receiving HPV Vaccination (Dose 3)

  9 months

Study Arms (2)

Text-based reminder for HPV vaccine/WCC

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents of adolescents will receive text-based reminders if their adolescent is due for HPV vaccine (dose 1, 2 or 3) or well child care visit

Other: Text-based reminder for recommended HPV vaccine or WCC

Control arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Parents of adolescents receive preventive health tips via text messages (not specific to services for which child is due)

Other: Non-specific text-based reminder (general health tip)

Interventions

Text-based reminder for recommended HPV vaccine or WCC OTHER

Patients due for a well visit or HPV vaccine received a text reminder

Text-based reminder for HPV vaccine/WCC

Non-specific text-based reminder (general health tip) OTHER

Parents of adolescents receive preventive health tips via text messages (not specific to services for which child is due)

Control arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• \<18 years
• Member of MCO for \>6 months
• Opted in to receive texted reminders from MCO

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Rochester: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Cynthia Rand
• Organization: University of Rochester

cynthia_rand@urmc.rochester.edu

585 275-9316

Study Officials

• Cynthia M Rand, MD, MPH

  University of Rochester

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 5, 2013
• First Posted: March 7, 2013
• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: June 26, 2017
• Results First Posted: June 26, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-06

Locations

US (1)