Interventions to curb hepatitis C reinfections among men who have sex with men.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- HCV infectionHepatitis C virus infection10047438
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON54537
- Lead Sponsor
- GGD Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 246
Inclusion Criteria
- Men who have sex with men >= 18 years
- History of a prior HCV infection (succesfully treated or spontaneously
cleared)
Exclusion Criteria
- Acute or chronic HCV infection at time of enrolment (positive HCV RNA).
- Under HCV treatment at time of enrolment.
- Unlikely, in the opinion of the clinician, to comply with the study
procedures.
- Currently participating in an intervention study that offers extra HCV
testing and/or a behavioural intervention.
- Investigators and other dependent persons.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome is the proportion at risk of HCV reinfection (as determined<br /><br>by a HCV-MOSAIC risk score >= 2) during the run-in versus intervention periods.<br /><br>This risk score consists of 6 items related to the risk of HCV and is<br /><br>calculated by summing up the bèta's of the items when present in the past 6<br /><br>months:<br /><br>1. Receptive condomless anal sex (beta 1.1)<br /><br>2. Sharing of sex toys (beta 1.2)<br /><br>3. Unprotected fisting (beta 0.9)<br /><br>4. Injecting drug use (beta 1.4)<br /><br>5. Sharing of straws during nasally-administered drug use (beta 1.0)<br /><br>6. Ulcerative sexually transmitted infection (beta 1.4)</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes include HCV reinfection incidence, changes in individual<br /><br>risk behaviour items of the HCV-MOSAIC risk score and changes in sexual<br /><br>wellbeing.</p><br>