A Chatbot Intervention for Reducing HPV Vaccine Hesitancy

Cervical Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Chatbot Intervention for Reducing HPV Vaccine Hesitancy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05959564
• Other study ID #: 1960782-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 26, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 8, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: University of Maryland, College Park
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this project is to test the efficacy of a chatbot intervention for reducing HPV vaccine hesitancy among African American parents. An online experiment will be conducted to test the effectiveness of the chatbot intervention with African American parents. Results of this project will inform future communication interventions for reducing vaccine hesitancy among African American parents.

Description:

The goal of this project is to test the efficacy of a chatbot intervention for reducing HPV vaccine hesitancy among African American parents. An online survey-experiment will be conducted. In the survey-experiment, participants will first answer questions related to their attitudes toward childhood vaccines and see a brief CDC message about HPV vaccine. Then they will be directed to interact with a chatbot designed to deliver personalized HPV vaccine messages (tailored to the participant's personality) or a similar chatbot with non-personalized messages. There will also be a control condition where participants will see the brief CDC message about HPV vaccine but will not interact with any chatbot. All participants will answer questions related to their attitudes toward HPV vaccination, intentions to vaccinate their children, as well as other message response measures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 456
• Est. completion date: August 8, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 8, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Self-identify as Black or African American
• Parents of children under 18 years old
• Access to computer/laptop/mobile device and the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years
• Does not self-identify as Black or African American
• Not a parent of at least a child under 18 years old
• No access to computer/laptop/mobile device or the Internet

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anal Cancer
• Anus Neoplasms
• Cervical Cancer
• Penile Cancer
• Penile Neoplasms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Personalized Chatbot Intervention
In this intervention, participants will first see a standard CDC HPV vaccine message. After that they will be invited to interact with a chatbot designed to deliver additional HPV vaccine messages, which are tailored to their personalities.
• Non-Personalized Chatbot Intervention
In this intervention, participants will first see a standard CDC HPV vaccine message. After that they will be invited to interact with a chatbot designed to deliver additional HPV vaccine messages, which are not tailored to their personalities.
• No Chatbot Control
In this intervention, participants will see a standard CDC HPV vaccine message only and will not interact with any chatbot.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Maryland, College Park (Online Survey-Experiment)	College Park	Maryland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Maryland, College Park

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Attitudes toward HPV vaccination	Participants' attitudes toward HPV vaccination will be measured by seven questions such as ""The HPV vaccine is beneficial for adolescents."	Immediately after the intervention
Primary	Intentions toward HPV vaccination	Participants' intentions toward vaccinating their children against HPV will be measured by three questions such as "I am likely to get my child/children the HPV vaccine."	Immediately after the intervention
Secondary	Ratings of the Chatbot	Participants in the chatbot conditions will rate the chatbot on a number of characteristics such as engagingness, relevance, and trustworthiness.	Immediately after the intervention