Text4Vax: Text Message Reminders for Pediatric COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines 2024-25 Season
Text4Vax: Understanding the Effectiveness and Implementation of Text Message Reminders for Pediatric COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines 2024-2025 Season
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This multi-site study assesses the impact of text message reminders on the receipt of COVID-19 and influenza text message reminders takes place primarily in practices from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Oct 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
4 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 17, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 19, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 2, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 30, 2025
CompletedJuly 11, 2025
July 1, 2025
3 months
September 17, 2024
July 9, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Timeliness of influenza vaccination
Days from study start to influenza vaccine up to December 31 each year
Up to December 31 each year, up to ~90 days
Timeliness of COVID-19 vaccination
Days from study start to COVID-19 vaccine up to December 31 each year
Up to December 31 each year, up to ~90 days
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Timeliness of influenza vaccination
Up to April 30 each year, up to ~210 days
Timeliness of COVID-19 vaccination
Up to April 30 each year, up to ~210 days
Percentage of Participants Who Received Influenza Vaccine by December 31 Each Year
~3 months
Percentage of Participants Who Received COVID-19 Vaccine by December 31 Each Year
~3 months
Percentage of Participants Who Received Influenza Vaccine by April 30 Each Year
~7 months
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (4)
Text message influenza and COVID-19 vaccine reminders
EXPERIMENTALText message reminders for both influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations
Text message influenza vaccine reminders
EXPERIMENTALText message reminders only for influenza vaccination
Text message COVID-19 vaccine reminders
EXPERIMENTALText message reminders only for COVID-19 vaccination
Usual Care
NO INTERVENTIONUsual care has no text message
Interventions
Text message influenza vaccine reminders
Text message COVID-19 vaccine reminders
Text message influenza and COVID-19 vaccine reminders
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Child that:
- is 6 months-17 year-old children
- due for both a COVID-19 and influenza vaccine
- Receives care at study site
- Language listed in electronic health record is English or Spanish
- Has not opted out of text messages from practice
You may not qualify if:
- Has opted out of text messages from practice
- Language listed in electronic health record is not English or Spanish
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Columbia Universitylead
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphiacollaborator
- American Academy of Pediatricscollaborator
- University of Pennsylvaniacollaborator
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)collaborator
Study Sites (4)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Itasca, Illinois, 60143, United States
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Melissa Stockwell, MD MPH
Columbia University
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Alex Fiks, MD MSCE
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Population and Family Health
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 17, 2024
First Posted
September 19, 2024
Study Start
October 2, 2024
Primary Completion
December 31, 2024
Study Completion
April 30, 2025
Last Updated
July 11, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share