Text Message Vaccine Reminders for Adolescents With Chronic Medical Conditions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vaccination
• Interventions: Other: educational text message reminders; Other: conventional text message reminders

• Registration Number: NCT02231957
• Lead Sponsor: Columbia University

Brief Summary

There are a growing number of adolescents with chronic medical conditions in the United States. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends HPV vaccination and annual influenza vaccination of all adolescents. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination is also recommended for certain high-risk patients. Limited studies suggest that vaccination coverage of this population remains sub-optimal. Text message vaccine reminder/recall has been shown to be effective in increasing uptake of select pediatric and adolescents vaccines, but has yet to be examined among patients with chronic medical conditions who may also face unique barriers to vaccination. This intervention aims to implement and evaluate the use of text message vaccine reminders among urban low-income minority adolescents with chronic medical conditions. This investigator-initiated study is supported in part by a grant from the Pfizer Medical Education Group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-09-02
• Study First Posted: 2014-09-04
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 416

Inclusion Criteria

Parent with

1. adolescent aged 11-17 years;
2. adolescent with ≥1 chronic medical condition;
3. adolescent with clinic visit in last 12 months;
4. cell phone number listed in hospital registration system

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Exclusion Criteria

Parent who:

1. does not speak English or Spanish;
2. is unwilling to receive text message vaccine reminders;
3. anticipates moving from area in coming 12 months

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
educational text message reminders	educational text message reminders	receipt of education-embedded text message vaccine reminders
conventional text message reminders	conventional text message reminders	receipt of conventional text message vaccine reminders

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of eligible subjects who received HPV1, influenza, and/or pneumococcal vaccine(s)	12 weeks after intervention start

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of eligible subjects with missed opportunities for HPV1, influenza, and/or pneumococcal vaccination	24 weeks after intervention start
Percentage of eligible subjects who received HPV1, influenza, and/or pneumococcal vaccine(s)	24 weeks after intervention start

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States