Wastewater Surveillance to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Vaccination; Wastewater Surveillance
• Interventions: Behavioral: Wastewater vaccine prompts

• Registration Number: NCT05766189
• Lead Sponsor: Syracuse University

Brief Summary

The goal of the study is to determine the effect of a communications campaign sharing wastewater surveillance data to influence vaccine uptake in a metropolitan and non-metropolitan environment. The study will be conducted in Onondaga and Cayuga counties in New York State. Individuals of all ages within the selected counties, located in metropolitan and non-metropolitan environments will receive the intervention. The evaluation study design is a comparison-control trial. The primary outcome measure is the proportion of vaccine-eligible individuals in the county that received the COVID-19 vaccine stratified by type of vaccine dosage and age group. Vaccination data will be aggregated to the county by the State Department of Health and shared with the research team. Wastewater data will be pulled from the wastewater surveillance network. A difference in differences analysis will be used to estimate the effect of the intervention on both the outcomes between intervention and comparison groups following the intervention, while adjusting for potential confounding factors.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-15
• Study Start: 2023-03-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-09
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-13
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-06
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100000

Inclusion Criteria

• None - county-level vaccine uptake - no direct interaction with people getting vaccines

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention arm	Wastewater vaccine prompts	Receives communications on level of SARS-CoV-2 as identified in the wastewater

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Vaccine uptake	up to 3 months	Number of individuals receiving a booster COVID-19 vaccine

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Syracuse University; 🇺🇸 Syracuse, New York, United States