CARD for Community Pharmacy Vaccinations - Phase 2

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorUniversity of Toronto

About this trial

This study is phase 2 of a cluster trial integrating the CARD (Comfort Ask Relax System) in community pharmacies affiliated with Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners. It involves continuing CARD in pharmacies randomized to CARD in phase 1 of the trial (2023-2024 fall/winter vaccination season), and initiating CARD in pharmacies randomized to Control (usual care) in phase 1 of the trial. Both groups will use CARD for delivery of vaccinations during the 2024-2025 fall/winter vaccination season.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

clients undergoing vaccination in participating pharmacies and providers working in participating pharmacies

Disqualifiers

able to speak and write in English

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sustained CARD

    Behavioral

    This group is using CARD for the 2nd year in a row in participating pharmacies as the vaccination delivery framework (It was used in the 2023-2024 fall/winter vaccination season and is now being sustained in the 2024-2025 fall/winter vaccination season).

  • First-time CARD

    Behavioral

    CARD is being used for the 1st time in participating pharmacies as the vaccination delivery framework (2024-2025 fall/winter vaccination season).

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Sustained CARDExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: First-time CARDActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Experience with vaccination

Self-reported experience about how much CARD helped (4-point Likert scale and dichotomized)

Time frame
Within 15 minutes of vaccination

Secondary outcomes

1

Pain

Self-reported pain during vaccination (0-10)

Time frame
Within 15 minutes of vaccination
2

Fear

Self-reported fear during vaccination (0-10)

Time frame
Within 15 minutes of vaccination
3

Dizziness

Self-reported dizziness during vaccination (0-10)

Time frame
Within 15 minutes of vaccination
4

Fainting

Self-reported fainting during vaccination (yes/no) confirmed by provider

Time frame
Within 15 minutes of vaccination

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Toronto

Lead sponsor

Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners

Collaborator

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