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. 2022 Aug 3;2022(8):CD015270. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015270

NCT04895683.

Study name Can Behavioural‐science Informed Text Messages Improve COVID‐19 Vaccination Uptake in North West London? A RCT
Starting date May 11, 2021
Contact information Sarah Huf, 07496632732, s.huf@imperial.ac.uk
Methods 
  • Study design: randomised controlled trial

  • Type of publication: trial registration

  • Setting: Central London

  • Country: UK

  • Language: English

Intervention
  • Active comparator: current practice; text message invitation

  • Experimental: Behavioural Science informed SMS content

  • Experimental: Pre‐alert and behavioural science‐informed SMS content

Population 
  • Population: residents registered with a GP practice in the Central London (Westminster) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

  • Inclusion criteria: age 18‐49; Not previously invited for COVID‐19 vaccination

  • Exclusion criteria: patients who have notified their GP that they wish to decline the COVID‐19 vaccination; Patients' whose medical records report a severe allergy to medicines (as per the JCVI guidance). 

Outcomes Primary outcome
  • COVID‐19 vaccination uptake at 3 weeks [ Time frame: 3 weeks from invitation text message]


Secondary outcomes
  • COVID‐19 vaccination uptake at 8 weeks [Time frame: 8 weeks from invitation text message]

  • COVID‐19 vaccination uptake by demographics [Time frame: 3 and 8 weeks]

Estimated completion date and number of participants 11 May 2022 with 120,000 participants
Notes Funding: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
COI: NR