NCT01731496

The Efficacy of Reminders to Complete HPV Series

Improving Communication and Health for Adolescents With Technology - Implementation of Immunization Strategy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 749 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rochester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is routinely recommended for both adolescent girls and boys starting at age 11, although it can be offered as young as 9 years of age. This is a 3-dose series and many adolescents do not complete it after getting the first dose. This study will study how effective it will be to send reminders to parents to schedule an appointment when their child is due for the next dose of HPV. Parents can chose whether they would like a phone call or text message reminder. This study will determine if the reminders work, and if one method is better than another (phone message vs. text message).

Conditions

• Completion of Three Dose Series of HPV
• Improvement in Vaccine Intervals Between HPV Doses

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Telephone reminder	One week prior to when a child is due for either their 2nd or 3rd HPV vaccine, their parent will receive a telephone reminder to call to make an appointment to receive their next dose. A total of 3 reminders will be sent.
OTHER	Text Message reminder	One week prior to when a child is due for either their 2nd or 3rd HPV vaccine, their parent will receive a text message reminder to call to make an appointment to receive their next dose. A total of 3 reminders will be sent.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2012-11-21
• Last updated: 2015-02-06

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States