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NCT number NCT03870061
Other study ID # 001
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 1, 2018
Est. completion date February 20, 2020

Study information

Verified date March 2020
Source GiveWell
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Previous studies have shown that a small incentive can have a large impact on health behaviors like vaccinating children. New Incentives, an international non-governmental organization (NGO), aims to boost demand for immunization by offering cash incentives to caregivers who have their child vaccinated at a program clinic. In collaboration with New Incentives, IDinsight is conducting a study to see whether this approach will increase immunization in North West Nigeria. This study aims to investigate whether giving cash to caregivers in North West Nigeria who bring their infants to receive vaccination against common infections (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Hib), pneumococcal bacteria, measles, rotavirus, polio, yellow fever) increases the proportion of children who are immunized. The study's main hypothesis is that New Incentives' program will increase the percentage of children immunized with BCG, any PENTA, or Measles 1 by an average increase of at least 7-percentage points across all program clinics that share a similar profile to the clinics New Incentives will operate in at scale. The study is taking place in Jigawa, Katsina, and Zamfara States between August 2017 and January 2020.


Description:

The study will be structured as a two-arm cluster RCT with clinics catchment areas as clusters. One arm will serve as the control (83 clinics) and will operate as the status quo, while the other arm will receive New Incentives' full program (84 clinics). This design will measure the causal effect of New Incentives' program on the likelihood of an infant receiving a vaccine. The unit of treatment and randomization is the clinic catchment, while the unit of measurement for the key outcomes is the individual infant.

Eligible caregivers who bring their infant(s) to a treatment group health facility for immunizations are first enrolled in the program by New Incentives staff, who record caregiver and infant details. If the child has received the vaccination, the caregiver receives the cash incentive, and instructions on when to return for the next vaccination and incentive payment.

Data collection of outcome measures takes place at three points (baseline, midline, and endline) using a series of self-reported surveys of caregivers, examination of the child's health card (where available) and reviewing clinic records. Baseline was completed between August and October 2017, midline is scheduled for March 2019, and endline is planned for November 2019 to January 2020. Across all outcome measurements, sampled infants will be aged between 12 and 16 months (though baseline surveyed some infants aged up to 24 months to increase sample size). These age groups are sampled as they are well beyond the age at which children should receive the program vaccinations. (The Nigerian Routine Immunization schedule aims to give the program vaccinations between birth and 9 months old.) IDinsight does not follow the same infants from baseline to midline to endline but, rather, compares coverage rates in the same age group at each point in time. From the perspective of the participant, taking part in the study involves receiving a researcher into their home, providing informed consent, and answering a 1-hour survey.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 5187
Est. completion date February 20, 2020
Est. primary completion date February 20, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 12 Months to 16 Months
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Children aged 0 to 16 months can be enrolled in the program and incentives paid to their caregivers

- Children aged 12 to 16 months will have their data measured at endline

- All participants must reside in study clinic catchment areas.

- Vaccination status will be measured by caregiver survey. Caregivers must consent to the survey

Exclusion Criteria:

- Residence outside the study area (self-reported)

- Outside the age range (self-reported)

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
All Babies Are Equal Initiative (conditional cash transfer program)
New Incentives, an NGO, offers cash incentives to caregivers for bringing their child to clinics for the first five visits of the Nigerian Routine Immunization schedule. These small cash transfers can provide some material benefit to new caregivers from poor communities. At a minimum, they help offset time and transport costs. The following vaccines are directly incentivized by the New Incentives' program: tuberculosis (BCG vaccine); diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Pentavalent Vaccine), pneumococcal bacteria (PCV vaccine), measles vaccine.

Locations

Country Name City State
Nigeria Primary Health Care facilities across Jigawa State Various Cities Jigawa
Nigeria Primary Health Care facilities across Katsina State Various Cities Katsina
Nigeria Primary Health Care facilities across the Zamfara State Various Cities Zamfara

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
GiveWell All Babies are Equal Initiative, New Incentives

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received BCG (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Primary The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received at least one dose of PENTA (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Primary The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received Measles 1 (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic is fully immunized (loose and strict) (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The timeliness of vaccination, particularly for Measles 1, among 12- to 16-month-olds in communities served by a study clinic (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The average number of vaccines received per 12- to 16-month-old child in communities served by a study clinic (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The percentage of 12- to 16-month-olds in communities served by a study clinic who received at least one injectable vaccine (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history) 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The probability that a 12 to 16-month old in a community served by a study clinic received at least one dose of PCV? 12 to 16 months after birth
Secondary The change over time in the volume of BCG, Penta 1, Penta 2, Penta 3, and Measles vaccinations recorded in clinic administrative records between treatment and control 12 to 16 months after birth
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