- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03666026
Patient Portal - Flu Reminder Recall
Improving Influenza Vaccination Delivery Across a Health System by the Electronic Health Records Patient Portal
This trial is taking place in Los Angeles, CA at clinics within the UCLA Health System.
Despite the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation in 2010 that all people above 6 months of age should receive an annual flu vaccine, vaccination rates remain low: at 6m-4.9 yrs. (70%), 5-17.9 yrs. (56%), 18-64.9 yrs. (38%), and >65 yrs. (63%). The investigators will assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 1, 2, 3 MyChart R/R messages as compared to the standard of care control (no messages).
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Annual epidemics of influenza cause substantial morbidity in the U.S. with up to 40,000 deaths/year and many hospitalizations, emergency and outpatient visits, and significant costs. Concerns about pandemic influenza elevate the need to prevent flu outbreaks.
Numerous studies, including Cochrane or systematic reviews, and reports by the CDC and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, highlight 4 evidence-based strategies to raise child and adult influenza vaccination rates: 1) increase patient demand by reminder-recall or education, 2) expand patient access to influenza vaccinations (e.g., flu vaccine clinics), 3) implement provider strategies such as prompts or standing orders, and 4) use societal strategies (e.g., reducing costs).
Reminder/recall (R/R), sent by phone, mail or other modality, can improve child and adult influenza vaccination rates. However, fewer than one-fifth of pediatric or adult primary care practices utilize patient R/R. Barriers are lack of finances, personnel, and algorithms to identify eligible patients.
A technological breakthrough that might overcome these barriers involves patient portals-- secure, web-based communication systems, embedded within electronic health records (EHRs), for patients and providers to communicate with each other via email and the internet. Portals are used by about half of Americans and half of UCLA patients. Portals can theoretically improve upon phone, mail or text R/R by adding information such as web links, videos, or images, allowing patients to schedule their own visits, and linking to the medical chart to customize messages.
For this randomized control trial, the intent is to evaluate the impact of patient portal (MyChart) reminder recalls - either 1, 2, or 3 reminders versus the standard of care control group, specifically in relation to raising influenza vaccination rates among UCLA Health System's primary care patients aged 6 months and older.
The proposed design of this 4-arm RCT:
- Standard of care control (no messages)
- Up to 1 portal R/R messages
- Up to 2 portal R/R messages
- Up to 3 portal R/R messages
Hypothesis 1: >1 portal R/R will increase vaccination rates vs. no R/R. Hypothesis 2: More R/R messages will raise vaccination rates (3R/R > 2R/R > 1R/R > 0R/R).
For the primary analysis, only the data from the randomly selected index patients (1 index patient per household) will be included.
For relevant study arms, the first R/R message will be sent in October 2018.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
-
-
California
-
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
- University of California, Los Angeles
-
-
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
• A patient within the UCLA Health System identified by the system as a primary care patient per an internal algorithm, with a documented primary care visit within the last 3 years as of 8/1/18.
Exclusion Criteria:
• A patient not identified by the UCLA Health System's internal algorithm as a primary care patient.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
---|---|
No Intervention: Standard of care control
Participants in this group will not receive any MyChart influenza vaccination reminders
|
|
Experimental: 1 MyChart R/R
Participants in this group will receive up to 1 influenza reminder recall notice via their MyChart account
|
Up to 1 flu vaccine reminder recall notice sent via MyChart to patients who are due for the flu vaccine, per the EMR records of the health system.
|
Experimental: 2 MyChart R/R
Participants in this group will receive up to 2 influenza reminder recall notices via their MyChart account
|
Up to 2 flu vaccine reminder recall notices sent every 3-4 weeks via MyChart to patients who are due for the flu vaccine, per the EMR records of the health system.
|
Experimental: 3 MyChart R/R
Participants in this group will receive up to 3 influenza reminder recall notices via their MyChart account
|
Up to 3 flu vaccine reminder recall notices sent every 3-4 weeks via MyChart to patients who are due for the flu vaccine, per the EMR records of the health system.
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
1.Receipt of the Annual Influenza Vaccine (Between 10/1/18 - 4/2/19) Among Index Patients. Outcomes Will be Assessed Via Vaccine Data Extraction From the Electronic Health Record and External Claims and Pharmacy Data.
Time Frame: October 1, 2018 to April 2, 2019 during influenza vaccination season
|
Number of participants in each arm who received influenza vaccination
|
October 1, 2018 to April 2, 2019 during influenza vaccination season
|
Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Peter Szilagyi, MD MPH, University of California, Los Angeles
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 17-001889
- 1R01AI135029-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.
Clinical Trials on Respiratory Tract Infections
-
Vakzine Projekt Management GmbHFGK Clinical Research GmbHUnknownInfection, Respiratory TractGermany
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory TractUnited States
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory TractGermany
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompleted
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory TractUnited States
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory TractAustralia
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory Tract
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory TractUnited States
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory Syncytial VirusUnited States
-
GlaxoSmithKlineCompletedInfections, Respiratory Syncytial VirusCanada
Clinical Trials on 1 MyChart R/R
-
LG Life SciencesCompletedHypertension, HyperlipidemiaKorea, Republic of
-
University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of Colorado, Denver; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious... and other collaboratorsCompletedRNA Virus Infections | Respiratory Tract Infections | Influenza, Human | Orthomyxoviridae Infections | Respiratory Tract Disease | Virus Disease | Physiological Effects of Drugs | VaccinesUnited States
-
Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., LtdCompletedHepatocellular CarcinomaKorea, Republic of
-
Klinikum NürnbergUnknown
-
Herlev and Gentofte HospitalGöteborg University; University of Copenhagen; Sahlgrenska University Hospital...CompletedAllergic Contact Dermatitis Due to CosmeticsDenmark, Sweden
-
LifeScanCompleted
-
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisCompletedHealthy VolunteersFrance
-
Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery...Not yet recruiting
-
Johns Hopkins UniversityNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Not yet recruiting