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Text Message Reminders for Flu Vaccination

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Brian P. Jenssen, MD

Research Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

English-speaking

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test if sending text message reminders can improve flu vaccination rates for children, whether they have a scheduled doctor's visit or not, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network. This

Who is the study for?

This trial is for patients within the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network during flu season. It aims to assess if text message reminders can increase flu vaccination rates, regardless of whether patients have a scheduled well child care visit.

What is being tested?

The intervention being studied is the use of text message reminders to encourage flu vaccinations. The study will compare vaccination rates among those who receive reminders versus those who do not.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves sending text message reminders and does not include medication or medical procedures, there are no direct side effects associated with the intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I speak English.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline to approximately 30 days post-text message for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

The effectiveness of a text message reminder on influenza vaccine uptake

Secondary study objectives

The effectiveness of text message language within Cohort 1

The effectiveness of text message language within Cohort 2

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

6Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Cohort 2cExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 2 do not have an upcoming well visit between September-December 2024, but completed their well visit between January 2023 through August 2024. Patients within Cohort 2b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #2 and will receive text message reminder (variation #4) about getting their flu shot this upcoming flu season.

Group II: Cohort 2bExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 2 do not have an upcoming well visit between September-December 2024, but completed their well visit between January 2023 through August 2024. Patients within Cohort 2b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #1 and will receive text message reminder (variation #3) about getting their flu shot this upcoming flu season.

Group III: Cohort 1cExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 1 have an upcoming well child visit between September-December 2024. Patients within Cohort 1c are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #2 and will receive text message reminder (variation #2) about getting their flu shot at their upcoming visit.

Group IV: Cohort 1bExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 1 have an upcoming well child visit between September-December 2024. Patients within Cohort 1b are those randomized to INTERVENTION MESSAGE #1 and will receive text message reminder (variation #1) about getting their flu shot at their upcoming visit.

Group V: Cohort 1aActive Control1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 1 have an upcoming well child visit between September-December 2024. Patients within Cohort 1a are those randomized to CONTROL and will not receive a text message reminder about getting their flu shot at their upcoming visit.

Group VI: Cohort 2aActive Control1 Intervention

Patients within Cohort 2 do not have an upcoming well visit between September-December 2024, but completed their well visit between January 2023 through August 2024. Patients within Cohort 2a are those randomized to CONTROL and will not receive a text message reminder about getting their flu shot.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Text message reminder

2012

N/A

~880

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