Point Of Care Hepatitis C testing and subsequent treatment uptake in Addiction Medicine residential withdrawal unit (POCAM): a pilot study
- Conditions
- Hepatitis C virusInfection - Other infectious diseasesPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622000441718
- Lead Sponsor
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion criteria are:
•Admitted to the St Vincent’s Hospital residential withdrawal unit, Depaul House, during the recruitment phase of the study;
•Willing and able to provide written informed consent;
•Consent to completion of questionnaires;
•Consent to a venous blood sample for routine blood tests;
•Not currently engaged in care for treatment of hepatitis C infection;
•Fulfils study criteria for HCV diagnosis to initiate treatment.
Participants who meet any of the following criteria will not be included in the study:
•Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent
•Pregnant or breastfeeding at time of commencement of HCV antiviral treatment;
•Decompensated liver disease
•Creatinine clearance <30 mL/min
•History of solid organ transplant
•Diagnosed and/or undergoing treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma;
•Awaiting liver transplantation;
•Currently engaged in care for treatment of hepatitis C infection or HIV
•Use of prohibited concomitant medications
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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