Hepatitis C Testing in Pharmacy Study: uptake and frequency of positive tests

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hepatitis C Virus; Infection - Other infectious diseases; Public Health - Health service research; Oral and Gastrointestinal - Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000657224
• Lead Sponsor: atalie Gauld Ltd

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-24
• Study Completion: 2020-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 192

Inclusion Criteria

Pharmacies in the West Auckland area, 5 of which have needle exchange and/or methadone services, 2 of which do not. Pharmacies will be selected purposively to provide good geographical range, some with longer opening hours, and one in a mall if possible.
Inclusion criteria for patients, NZ residents who:
•ever had a tattoo or body piercing using unsterile equipment
•ever injected drugs
•had a blood transfusion before 1992
•ever lived or had medical treatment in a high-risk country (e.g. Pakistan, Egypt, developing countries in Africa and Asia, Eastern Europe including Russia)
•have ever been in prison
•were been born to a mother with hepatitis C, or
•are 35 to 69 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

Previous positive hepatitis C test

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Is screening for hepatitis C virus in NZ community pharmacies feasible?<br>Feedback from pharmacies (who will be asked if they think it is feasible and would want to continue) and overall numbers screened, number of pharmacies screening high numbers, and proportions of people who are screened and positive, and proportions of those positive who get treatment., e.g. if all pharmacies or most pharmacies recruited few to no patients or everyone screened did not have hepatitis C, or most of those positive did not go on to have treatment, it is not feasible. The researchers will be assessing it qualitatively with the overall picture rather than specific quantities alone. [3 months after the study is completed. ];What proportion of people screened for hepatitis C virus in selected NZ pharmacies receive a positive result within 20 minutes with the point of care screening test by pharmacists of finger prick blood?[3 months after the study is completed]