COVID-19 Immunisation, Influenza Vaccine
Conditions
Keywords
Adult, Vaccination, Influenza vaccines, COVID-19 Vaccines, Primary Health Care, Reminder Systems, Clinician communication, Patient communication
Brief summary
The study will test two tactics to improve uptake of two vaccines in adults. The vaccines prevent COVID-19 and influenza. Both are common and harmful. Most adults do not get either vaccine. This is despite strong recommendations that all adults get both vaccines. The study will involve adult patients at eight Mayo Clinic primary care practices in Rochester and Kasson. The study will test the two tactics together. Four clinics will get the two tactics. The other four clinics will not. The study will randomly assign the two tactics to the clinics. One tactic is to send a letter by US mail to the patient. The letter will state strong recommendations on getting both vaccines now. It will tell patients how to get the vaccines now. The second tactic is to send monthly emails to clinicians. It will remind them to use every visit to vaccinate patients against COVID-19 and influenza. The study will compare the uptake of the two vaccines after six months in the clinics with and without the two tactics.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPatient letter and clinician communication
Single mailing to patients from practice with a reminder that the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are due, and monthly emailing to the patients' clinicians with information about how to make a strong recommendation for those vaccines
Sponsors
ModernaTX, Inc.
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients 19 years and older * Patients empaneled to 1 of 8 adult primary care practices as of September 2024
Exclusion criteria
* Patients 18 years or younger * Patients not empaneled to 1 of 8 adult primary care practices as of September 2024
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 vaccine uptake | 7.5 months | Rates of at least one dose of single licensed 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine among adult patients at eight Mayo Clinic primary care practices |
| Influenza vaccine uptake | 9 months | Rates of at least one dose of single licensed 2024-2025 trivalent influenza vaccine among adult patients at eight Mayo Clinic primary care practices |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed