Pediatric Second Influenza Dose Portal Reminder Recall

NCT04668417 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 17-001889-AM-000135R01AI135029
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 698
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This trial is taking place in Los Angeles, CA among patients from primary care practices within the UCLA Health System. The study design is a parallel 2-arm trial. The parallel arms are 1) a reminder letter for the second dose of influenza vaccine (reminder messages sent via the patient portal) with a direct appointment scheduling link included in the reminder and 2) a reminder letter for the second dose of influenza vaccine, but no direct appointment scheduling link included.

Conditions

Influenza; Respiratory Tract Infections

Keywords

Vaccination; Reminder Recall; Patient Portal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of patients who received a second dose of influenza vaccine

  Receipt of a second dose of influenza vaccine (between 12/15/2020 and 4/1/21) among patients. Outcomes will be assessed via vaccine data extraction from the electronic health record and external claims and pharmacy data. The patient must also be an active UCLA Health MyChart user (\>= 1 login over the last 12 months from 12/15/2020), excluding activity on the user's initial profile activation date. Individuals not affiliated with any primary care practice will be excluded from the analysis.

  3.5 months

Study Arms (2)

Reminders with direct scheduling link

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patient proxy receives a reminder/recall messages regarding second dose influenza vaccination via the patient portal with a link enabling direct scheduling

Behavioral: Portal Reminders for Second Dose of Influenza Vaccine with Direct Scheduling Link

Reminders with no direct scheduling link

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patient proxy receives a reminder/recall messages regarding second dose influenza vaccination via the patient portal with no direct scheduling link

Behavioral: Portal Reminders for Second Dose of Influenza Vaccine without Direct Scheduling Link

Interventions

Portal Reminders for Second Dose of Influenza Vaccine with Direct Scheduling Link BEHAVIORAL

Patient proxy receives reminder/recall messages via the patient portal to get a second dose of influenza vaccine with a direct scheduling link included, enabling the patient to directly schedule a flu vaccination only visit

Reminders with direct scheduling link

Portal Reminders for Second Dose of Influenza Vaccine without Direct Scheduling Link BEHAVIORAL

Patient proxy receives reminder/recall messages via the patient portal to get a second dose of influenza vaccine with no direct scheduling link included

Reminders with no direct scheduling link

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 36 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Patient within the UCLA Health System identified as a primary care patient per an internal algorithm
• Identified as being overdue for a second dose of influenza vaccine.

You may not qualify if:

• Patient within the UCLA Health System not identified as a primary care patient per an internal algorithm
• Not due for a second dose of influenza vaccine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Los Angeles: lead
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of California LA

Los Angeles, California, 99095, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Influenza, Human; Respiratory Tract Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Infections; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Peter G Szilagyi, MD, MPH

  University of California, Los Angeles

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2020
• First Posted: December 16, 2020
• Study Start: December 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2021
• Study Completion: April 1, 2021
• Last Updated: May 28, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Locations

US (1)