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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02567006
Date of registration: 30/09/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Public title: SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala SMSVaxGuate
Scientific title: SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2016
Target sample size: 720
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02567006
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Guatemala
Contacts
Name:     Ingrid L Contreras, MD
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Affiliation:  University del Valle, Guatemala
Name:     Edwin J Asturias, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Colorado, Denver
Name:     Gretchen Domek, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Colorado, Denver
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- First dose of primary vaccination series

- Parents owning a mobile phone and able to decipher SMS messages

- Consent form signed

Exclusion Criteria:

- Moving away from the study site in the next 12 months

- Ineligible for primary vaccination series by the MOH



Age minimum: 6 Weeks
Age maximum: 6 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Adherence to Vaccination Schedules
Acceptability of SMS Reminder Program
Timeliness of Vaccination
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: SMS message
Other: Usual care
Primary Outcome(s)
Completion of vaccine primary series [Time Frame: 12 months of age]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Acceptability of SMS vaccine reminders [Time Frame: 12 months]
Factors associated with immunization delays [Time Frame: 12 months]
Timeliness of immunization [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
1R21HD084115-01
14-2170
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ministry of Health, Guatemala
Fundacion para la Salud Integral de los Guatemaltecos CU
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Universidad del Valle, Guatemala
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