Sickle Cell Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
A cluster randomized trial (CRT) of the novel sickle cell disease (SCD), M-health based SCD Information Management and Communication system SIMCS vs routine new born screening strategy in health care centres in Uganda to evaluate impact on access screening, coordination of care and clinical outcomes
Detailed description
We will conduct a cluster randomized trial (CRT) of the novel SCD SIMCS and utilize a logical framework of measurable indicators of barriers, utilization, mediating factors, and clinical outcomes of SCD screening and care to evaluate its impact. We will randomize health facilities rather than individual patients because it would be impossible to avoid contamination if we randomized individuals. This design is ideal for evaluating the effectiveness of systems level interventions. Study procedures Trial Intervention. SCD SIMCS APP, which is an AI-enhanced mobile platform that captures, interprets and relays results of point of care tests for SCD to health care providers and to a centralised public data server at the Uganda Ministry of Health. The SCD SIMCS app prototype consists of four modules: (1) ID module - captures child's demographic and biometric data and builds a printable QR-code; (2) Assay module - captures HemoTypeSCTM and the Sickle Scan TM test image, interprets, and transmits results to the CPHL data centre; (3) Education module - stores and plays back short educational videos for pre- and post-screening counselling; (4) SCD e-Passport module - entry and display of child's longitudinal salient clinical information. Baseline assessment; following stratified purposive sampling and consent from community leaders, Control and Experimental HCs will undergo baseline evaluation with regards to current resources and childcare visit workflows and the availability of the data sources and measurable indicators of interest. A baseline assessment of resources, workflows, and routine source data collection systems at the centres will facilitate implementation planning for the proposed SCD SIMCS and accurate measurement of its impact on the HCs.
Interventions
OTHERSickle Cell Disease screening information management and communication system
Mobile Health information managment system
Sponsors
Makerere University
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Providers of child health and maternity services at selected hospitals Infants born or attending child health and maternity services at selected hospitals . Infants are the targeted age-group in this study because this is the ideal age to screen for SCD and prevent complications and mortality that generally occurs early, by 5 years old. The infants will be recruited at birth or at vaccination visits
Exclusion criteria
* Decline of inability to provide informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Improved number and timeliness of refferal of infants with sickle cell disease for care | 12 months | proportion with positive sickle cell disease screen recievign conformatory SCD test,penicillin , hydroxyurea |
| Ajusted Mortality Rate of children with sickle cell disease | 18 months | Evaluate the impact of the SCD SIMCS on access to screening. |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
CONTACTMwanje Kavuma Mwanje
Outcome results
None listed