Use of a Patient Education/Messaging Platform to Increase Uptake and Series Completion of the HPV Vaccine

Regenstrief Institute

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Human Papilloma Virus Infection Type 18; Human Papilloma Virus Infection Type 6; Human Papilloma Virus Infection Type 16; Cervical Cancer; Human Papilloma Virus Infection Type 11

Treatments: Other: THEO

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02546752

Merck - 20

Details and patient eligibility

About

This primary goal of this study is to assess whether patient whose parents watch a standardized digital video using the integrated digital approach during a routine office visit are more likely to accept a dose of HPV vaccine (1st, 2nd, or 3rd dose) compared to those not completing the program. The study team anticipates eligible patients in the intervention clinics to have higher rates of HPV vaccine acceptance (1st, 2nd, or 3rd doses) than patients in the usual care comparison clinics.

Additionally, the study team is interested in determining the impact of the integrated system on clinical workflow by measuring the number of minutes of each patient office visit when using the system compared to the number of minutes of each visit in offices where the system is not used.

Although this is a descriptive/exploratory aim, our expectation is that the THEO system will have minimal impact on patient flow.

Full description

Brief Summary of Design: This is a 2-arm randomized study, with randomization occurring at the level of clinic. Five clinics will be included (2 implementing the THEO video; 3 providing usual care). All five clinics have been using the Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation System (CHICA) for several years. The evaluation phase of the study will last for approximately 6-7 months.

The CHICA System

The Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation system (CHICA) is a computer based decision support system that operates as a front end to the electronic medical record system (EMR). When a child is registered in the clinic, the registration system sends an HL7 ADT (registration) message to CHICA. In response, CHICA requests a download of the patient's record from the EMR. CHICA applies a rule base consisting of hundreds of Arden Syntax rules to the data in the record to select 20 yes/no questions that are displayed on an electronic tablet. The family answers the questions and returns the tablet to the medical assistant who enters the child's height, weight and other measurements onto another page on the tablet.

At the same time that CHICA produces the questions for family, it sends an HL7 request to CHIRP, the Indiana immunization registry. In response, CHICA receives a download of the child's immunization record. The download includes CHIRP's "forecast" of the immunizations for which the patient is due.

At the end of these processes, CHICA produces several paper documents. The first is the physician worksheet (PWS). The PWS includes up to six alerts and reminders for the physician. The reminders are selected by CHICA, using its Arden Syntax rule set based on the patient's EMR and answers provided on the tablet. Each alert has up to six check boxes with which the physician can document how s/he responded to the alert. The PWS, when completed, is scanned, the coded data corresponding to the check boxes are stored, and text is written into the physician's note in the medical record. CHICA may also produce any of a large number of handouts for helping the physician with assessment or patient education. CHICA also produces a summary of the patient's immunization history as well and advice on what shots the child is due to receive.

In an ongoing study of the Regenstrief-Merck collaboration, the investigators are studying the effect of providing physicians with a suggested "script" for recommending HPV vaccination to eligible patients' families. The study randomizes by physician whether the script is provided or whether the physician receives a simple reminder.

Enrollment: 1,306 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents/legal guardians of 11-17 year old children.
• Children receive their healthcare at one of the 5 CHICA clinics.
• Parents are able to read either English or Spanish.
• Children have received no more than 2 doses of HPV vaccine

Exclusion criteria

• Parents will be excluded if their child is outside of the designated age range of 11-17 years, if the child has completed the 3-dose HPV vaccine series, or if the parent does not read either English or Spanish.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,306 participants in 2 patient groups

THEO Video Arm

Experimental group

Description:

THEO is interactive patient engagement software that runs on an iPad tablet platform (developed by Noble.MD). Two programs have been developed. Parents/guardians of children who have not received the first HPV vaccine, will first assess whether the family has already decided in favor of the HPV vaccine or if they would like more information. The parent/guardian will be shown a video specific to where they are in the decision-making process. After completion, the THEO system will then ask the parent/guardian a series of Post Video questions. Parents/guardians of children who have received the first or second vaccine in the series, will emphasize the need to make the first vaccine "count". Pre and post video questions have been developed.

Treatment:

Other: THEO

Usual Care Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm will receive usual care.