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NCT04590066

Testing Multiple Behavioral Science Strategies to Increase Flu-Shot Rates at a Large Retail Pharmacy

Completed NA Last updated 1 February 2021
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Flu shot text messages in Influenza, Human in 734,383 participants. Completed in 31 December 2020.

Timeline
25 September 2020
Primary endpoint
31 December 2020
31 December 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingdouble
Primary purposehealth services research
Enrollment734,383
Start date25 September 2020
Primary completion31 December 2020
Estimated completion31 December 2020
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Influenza, Human. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This research aims to identify which behavioral science strategies are most effective at increasing flu vaccination rates overall and based on patients' individual characteristics. Past behavioral science interventions have shown promise in increasing flu vaccinations. For example, successful interventions have encouraged people to make concrete plans for when they will get a flu vaccination, sent automated calls or text messages reminding patients to get a flu vaccination , or provided financial incentives for getting vaccinated. Although these results are promising, these studies have been conducted in isolation on different populations, which makes it difficult to compare their interventions' effectiveness or to have enough power to reliably detect differing responses to interventions based on individual characteristics. This research will simultaneously test 22 different SMS interventions to increase flu vaccinations compared to a holdout control condition in a "mega-study" and apply machine learning to identify which interventions work best for whom. The interventions are designed by behavioral science experts from the Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG), Penn Medicine Nudge Unit (PMNU), and Geisinger Behavioral Insights Team (BIT). Customers of a large retail pharmacy who received a flu shot from the pharmacy last year and receive SMS notifications will be included in this study. We expect this to include approximately 1.2 million participants. The specific aims of this research are to identify (1) which behavioral science strategies effectively increase flu vaccination rates overall, and (2) which strategies are most effective for different subgroups (e.g., based on age, gender, race).

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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