Hepatitis C Surveillance With Linkage to Care of Patients From Non-ID Departments in Jiangsu

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Hepatitis C, Chronic
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: HCV screening

• Registration Number: NCT03772002
• Lead Sponsor: The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School

Brief Summary

Due to the occult nature of hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is estimated that less than 5% of people with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection knowing their status. The major challenges are that awareness is lacking, reliable diagnostics and testing services are not sufficiently available, and laboratory capacity is weak. In the context of major tertiary hospitals, the well-functioning laboratories would ensure the high-quality HCV testing, which facilitate the identification of inpatients who are unaware of HCV infection. However, given the preliminary data, diagnostic rate of inpatients from non-infectious (non-ID) departments is disturbingly low. A recent study from a major hospital in Jilin province of China showed that 3.36% of inpatients were anti-HCV positive; however, HCV RNA confirmatory testing was not further performed in this study.

From the retrospective cohort in non-ID departments of a tertiary hospital of Jiangsu during 2016 to 2017, only 25.9% (71/273) of patients with anti-HCV antibody (Ab) further had HCV RNA confirmatory test, while 40% (29/71) were identified as CHC. The previous data indicates that insufficient anti-HCV Ab testing and insufficient follow-up of patients with positive anti-HCV Ab from non-ID departments. Indeed, compared to hospitals in Western countries, the infectious department in Chinese hospitals are relative independent from non-ID departments, meanwhile the knowledge of HCV infection is relatively lacking for non-ID physicians. Therefore, an appropriate clinical pathway for integration and linkage of non-ID department and ID departments for diagnosis and care delivery of CHC patients is urgently needed. The investigator aim to establish a feasible clinical pathway and consensus guideline to enhance HCV testing surveillance with linkage to care in non-ID departments. Moreover, the participants with anti-HCV Ab also will be enrolled in the HCV prospective cohort, in which the intervention and clinical outcome of hepatitis will be longitudinally monitored in the future study.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-12
• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2018-12-13
• Study Start: 2019-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

Retrospective cohort:

1. ≥ 18 years of age.
2. Inpatients from non-infectious department.
3. Documentation of laboratory test indicating positive HCV antibody.

Prospective cohort:

1. ≥ 18 years of age.

2. Inpatients from non-infectious departments.

3. Patients who meet the requirement of HCV antibody screening:

   1. patients with high risk possibility of HCV infection.
   2. patients who will have special or invasive medical operation.
   3. patients with unexplained abnormal liver biochemical laboratory results.

Exclusion Criteria

Retrospective cohort: Duplicated subjects.

Prospective cohort：Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent or abide by the requirements of the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
HCV screening	HCV screening	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The percentage of HCV-RNA positivity linkage to care consensus guideline shaped.	1 years
The percentage of patients in non-infectious departments who had positive HCV antibody testing but failed to get HCV RNA test.	1 years
The percentage of HCV-RNA positivity among patients with the presence of anti-HCV antibody in non-infectious departments after Non-ID HCV screening.	1 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The percentage of CHC patients linked to care in non-infectious departments.	1 years
The referral rate of identified HCV infected patients.	1 years
The treatment timeliness as embodied as time period from diagnosis to engagement to anti-HCV DAA treatment.	1 years

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School; 🇨🇳 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

The Third Hospital of Changzhou; 🇨🇳 Changzhou, Jiangsu, China