Improving Immunization Rates in Transplant Candidates Through the Use of a Health Information Technology Tool

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Vaccination; Transplantation Infection

Treatments: Other: immunization app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04336735

20-0527

K08HS026510 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vaccine preventable infections are a serious complication following pediatric solid organ transplant. Immunizations are a minimally invasive and cost-effective was to reduce these infections. Despite the importance of pre-transplant vaccination, the majority of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients are not up-to-date on age-appropriate immunizations at the time of transplant. The goal of this study is to pilot a novel health information technology immunization tool to improve immunization rates in pediatric solid organ transplant candidates.

Full description

Triads of parents, primary care physicians, and transplant sub-specialists will be enrolled to use a pre-transplant immunization tool while their child awaits transplant. The tool will provide information about vaccines, information about vaccine-preventable infections in the transplant population, a central easily accessible vaccine record, and a communication portal. The tool will also send vaccine reminders when vaccinations are due. The investigators will assess 1) the effectiveness of the tool in improving pre-transplant immunization rates, 2) the acceptability of the tool to users and 3) the feasibility of the tool.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent, primary care provider and sub-specialist of a child awaiting heart, liver or kidney transplant

Exclusion criteria

• Non English speaking
• No access to a smart phone or computer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Immunization Tool Users

Experimental group

Description:

Users will trial a novel transplant-specific immunization tool (app)

Treatment:

Other: immunization app