Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Mobile Phone Delivered Reminders and Travel Subsidies to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates and Timeliness in Western Kenya

NCT ID: NCT01878435

Last Updated: 2022-10-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2018 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-02-29

Brief Summary

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The project goal is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test whether mobile phone short message system (SMS) reminders, either with or without mobile-phone based travel subsidies will improve timeliness, coverage, and drop-out rates of routine EPI vaccines in rural western Kenya.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hepatitis B Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Measles

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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SMS reminder

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMS reminder

Intervention Type OTHER

SMS reminder and Travel subsidy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMS reminder

Intervention Type OTHER

Travel subsidy

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

SMS reminder and Travel subsidy 2

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMS reminder

Intervention Type OTHER

Travel subsidy 2

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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SMS reminder

Intervention Type OTHER

Travel subsidy

Intervention Type OTHER

Travel subsidy 2

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Mother of infant aged 0-4 weeks during the study period
2. Current resident of one of the study villages
3. Willing to sign informed consent for the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Plans to move out of the study area in the next 6 months
2. Resides in a village with active immunization intervention/program
3. Has already received immunizations other than birth dose of BCG or polio
Minimum Eligible Age

0 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

5 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Kenya Medical Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Gem and Asembo Area

Gem and Asembo Area, Siaya County, Kenya

Site Status

Countries

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Kenya

References

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Wakadha H, Chandir S, Were EV, Rubin A, Obor D, Levine OS, Gibson DG, Odhiambo F, Laserson KF, Feikin DR. The feasibility of using mobile-phone based SMS reminders and conditional cash transfers to improve timely immunization in rural Kenya. Vaccine. 2013 Jan 30;31(6):987-93. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.093. Epub 2012 Dec 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23246258 (View on PubMed)

Gibson DG, Kagucia EW, Ochieng B, Hariharan N, Obor D, Moulton LH, Winch PJ, Levine OS, Odhiambo F, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR. The Mobile Solutions for Immunization (M-SIMU) Trial: A Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial That Assesses the Impact of Mobile Phone Delivered Reminders and Travel Subsidies to Improve Childhood Immunization Coverage Rates and Timeliness in Western Kenya. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 May 17;5(2):e72. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5030.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27189422 (View on PubMed)

Gibson DG, Ochieng B, Kagucia EW, Were J, Hayford K, Moulton LH, Levine OS, Odhiambo F, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR. Mobile phone-delivered reminders and incentives to improve childhood immunisation coverage and timeliness in Kenya (M-SIMU): a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Apr;5(4):e428-e438. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30072-4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28288747 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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OPP1053900

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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