Rural clinics test video training to boost HPV shots in teens
NCT ID NCT04587167
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether training rural doctors through video sessions (Project ECHO) could increase HPV vaccination rates in 11-14 year olds. Some clinics also sent recall notices to parents who initially declined the vaccine. The goal was to see if these strategies help more teens get vaccinated.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Project ECHO (video-based training) and Announcement Approach Training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more rural teens get the HPV vaccine, reducing cancer risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study in one state, so results may not apply everywhere. It tested a training method, not a new drug or vaccine.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Clinics in cluster RCT (main study) Inclusion Criteria: * Family medicine or pediatric clinic in Pennsylvania * Having at least 100 active patients, ages 11-14. Exclusion Criteria: * Primary care clinic outside Pennsylvania * Participated in HPV vaccine communication or quality improvement research either through Penn State or another institution in the last 12 months. Parents in nested study survey Inclusion criteria: * Parent or guardian of an adolescent ages 11-17 * Adolescent has not yet started HPV vaccination * Adolescent receive primary care at participating clinic Exclusion criteria: * Not the parent or guardian of an adolescent ages 11-17 * Adolescent already initiated HPV vaccination * Adolescent does not receive primary care at participating clinic
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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