Clinical Trial: A Pilot Study Comparing the Effectiveness of Campus Intervention to Increase HPV Vaccine Rate Among College Aged Men

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: A Pilot Study Comparing the Effectiveness of On-site Campus Interventions to Increase the Uptake of the HPV Three-shot Series Vaccine Among College Aged Men: A 2 X 2 Repeated Design

Brief Summary:

This is a study testing what type of message and access influences a young male to get the HPV vaccine.

The investigators are conducting a 2 X 2 design

These conditions are:

  • Condition 1: Altruistic personal with direct recommendation inside-dorm
  • Condition 2: Generic message with inside-dorm
  • Condition 3: Generic message with outside-dorm HPV vaccine
  • Condition 4: Altruistic personal with outside-dorm HPV vaccine

The objectives of this study are:

A. To examine the efficacy in encouraging young men to receive HPV shots at Time 1 within each of the four intervention conditions (altruistic/personal with direct recommendation vs. generic message) X (in-dorm vs. outside-dorm HPV vaccine).

B. To examine the efficacy in encouraging young men to receive HPV shots at Times 2 & 3 within each of the four intervention conditions (altruistic/personal with direct recommendation vs. generic message) X (in-dorm vs. outside-dorm HPV vaccine).

2.1.1 List the clinical hypotheses. Objective A H A.1: At Time 1, college men who have immediate access to the HPV vaccination will take the vaccination at a higher rate than those who do not have immediate access to the vaccine.

H A.2: At Time 1, college men who receive an altruistic/personal health message along with immediate access to the HPV vaccine will take the HPV vaccination at a higher rate than the men in the other three arms of the study.

The investigators will conduct an intervention on the Purdue campus targeting men-only dorm wings (living areas). Eight (8) dorm wings will be selected in advance.

Dorm wings will be randomly assigned to one of four intervention arms: (1) educational message with altruistic/personal health benefits emphasized along with a direct recommendation to get the vaccine along with immediate access to the vaccine with the dormitory (altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation + in-dorm vaccine), (2) educational message with altruistic/personal health benefits emphasized along with information on where to go to get the vaccine (altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation + outside-dorm vaccine) and (3) generic informational message about the HPV vaccine and immediate access to the vaccine in the dormitory (generic + on-site vaccine), (4) generic informational message with information on where to go to get the vaccine (generic + outside-dorm vaccine).

Phase 1 (Initial vaccine dose #1):

Recruitment of all four intervention arms will be occur at the same time during the dorm wing's first mandatory meetings for residents. These mandatory meetings occur throughout the campus. Fifty-two (52) residents live on each dorm wing and the first mandatory dorm meeting attendance is typically between 75-90% of all residents within the wing (between 47 and 52 men).

At the end of the mandatory wing meeting, a male research assistant will provide a brief presentation to the young men that describe the HPV vaccine (either altruistic/personal benefit message with recommendation or a generic message).

At the end of the brief presentation, residents will either be directed to the loc
Sponsor: Purdue University

Current Primary Outcome: Number of 1st Uptake Shots by eligible population [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Number of Uptake 2nd Vaccine Shots by eligible population [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]
  • Number of Uptake 3rd Vaccine Shots by eligible population [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Purdue University

Dates:
Date Received: July 24, 2015
Date Started: August 2015
Date Completion: July 2016
Last Updated: March 28, 2016
Last Verified: March 2016