Measles Vaccination Cash Incentives Experimental Evidence From Nigeria

Measles Clinical Trial

Official title:

Measles Vaccination Cash Incentives Experimental Evidence From Nigeria

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04013516
• Other study ID #: 004
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 12, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 11, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: IDinsight
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

IDinsight is conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of various sized cash incentives for caretakers of infants that require a 9-month measles vaccination on the completion rate for the vaccine in Nigeria. The purpose of the experiment is to help New Incentives (NI) determine the optimal size of the incentive as they scale to the North West region of Nigeria.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1088
• Est. completion date: September 11, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 11, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 9 Months and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Caregiver and infant registered with the New Incentives program

• The infant was nine months or older at the start of the study (note there was no upper age limit as New Incentives only began enrolling infants in October 2016)

• Infant had received at least one previous conditional cash transfer for immunization at an All Babies are Equal Initiative clinic,

• Infant had received their Penta-3 vaccine.

• The caregiver had provided a phone number (either a personal number or a number of someone who can reach them) during registration.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infant had already received a measles vaccine

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Measles

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cash Incentive
During the phone call, New Incentives' team member promised a greater cash payment from New Incentives' staff members at primary health care facilities when infants enrolled in the program and received their measles vaccination.
• Call
A New Incentives' team member reminded caregivers of their child's measles immunization date and the total amount of incentive they would receive once their child was vaccinated. If the caregiver could not be reached on the first attempt, the team made additional attempts at different times of the day on five different days across two weeks (up to 10 attempts were made per caregiver).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Nigeria	All Babies are Equal Initiative (New Incentives)	Abuja	Federal Capital Territory

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
IDinsight	GiveWell

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Measles Vaccination Coverage Rate	The outcome of interest is the measles coverage rate among the eligible randomized infants. Coverage is measured using the measles vaccination information recorded on the child's health card. The child health card information was immediately entered into the New Incentives' database by their field staff when they disbursed the cash incentives at program clinics. Information from the New Incentives' database was used for the analysis.	We assessed whether eligible infants received measles vaccination at any time during the 4 month study period. Children were a minimum of 9 months at the beginning of the study and a maximum of 7 years at the end of the study.