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VAX-MOM COVID-19: Increasing Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination

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University of Rochester

Status

Completed

Conditions

COVID-19
Immunization; Infection
Pregnancy Related

Treatments

Other: Standard of Care
Behavioral: VAX-MOM COVID-19 Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT05570630
STUDY00007624

Details and patient eligibility

About

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and stillbirth. Pregnant people with COVID-19 have a higher rate of ICU admission and intubation than those who are not pregnant. COVID-19 vaccine is recommended before pregnancy and during pregnancy to decrease these risks. Despite the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination, only 71% of pregnant women were vaccinated for COVID-19 as of June 2022 (most prior to pregnancy), with a much lower rate of 58% among non-Hispanic Black women. An effective intervention is needed to improve COVID vaccination rates for pregnant people overall. In this study, the investigators will perform a randomized controlled trial aimed at practice change in obstetricians' offices, with an overall goal of increasing maternal COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Full description

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and stillbirth. Pregnant people with COVID-19 have a higher rate of ICU admission and intubation than those who are not pregnant. COVID-19 vaccine is recommended before pregnancy and during pregnancy to decrease these risks. Despite the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination, only 71% of pregnant women were vaccinated for COVID-19 as of June 2022 (most prior to pregnancy), with a much lower rate of 58% among non-Hispanic Black women. An effective intervention is needed to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates for pregnant people overall.

Lack of vaccination stems from a combination of patient (lack of knowledge, vaccine hesitancy), provider (suboptimal communication skills, missed opportunities), and system (e.g. lack of standing orders and patient reminders) factors. An effective intervention is needed to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates for pregnant people. To address this, the investigators plan to use a clustered RCT (randomizing practices), allocating half of the participating practice sites within each health system to the VAX-MOM COVID-19 intervention and the other half to standard of care. The multi-component VAX-MOM COVID-19 intervention will be comprised of: training in communication, provider prompts, standing orders, and feedback on vaccination rates.

Enrollment

6,911 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patient criteria:

  • Sex is female
  • Pregnant
  • Identified as being eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

Practice personnel criteria:

*Provider, nurse or staff currently affiliated with (employed with) the participating OB/GYN sites

Exclusion criteria

*None

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

6,911 participants in 2 patient groups

VAX-MOM COVID-19 Intervention
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: VAX-MOM COVID-19 Intervention
Standard of Care
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Other: Standard of Care

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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