Hepatitis C Testing in VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hepatitis C
• Interventions: Other: quality improvement intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02936648
• Lead Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Brief Summary

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups.

Detailed Description

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to: (1) increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups, (2) Increase linkage to specialized HCV care among VISN 1 VA Veterans diagnosed with HCV infection, and (3) Evaluate whether race, ethnicity, gender, or other markers of social disparity influence completion of HCV testing and linkage to specialty care, and whether disparities are reduced by the planned VISN 1 VA HCV Quality Improvement (QI) program. The central focus is to reduce delays in diagnosis and linkage to treatment evaluation, management of comorbidities and contraindications, and subsequent initiation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-09
• Study Completion: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-14
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-18
• Results First Submitted: 2017-09-06
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Results First Submitted QC: 2018-05-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-30
• Results First Posted: 2018-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2209

Inclusion Criteria

• Veterans
• Born in the period of 1945-1965 ("birth cohort")
• With an outpatient visit in primary care at a VISN1 facility in FY 2016

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Exclusion Criteria

• N/A

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
quality improvement intervention	quality improvement intervention	The intervention activities included: assessment, planning, stakeholder engagement, education, ongoing process monitoring, program adaptation, problem identification and problem solving, data audit/feedback, program marketing, network development, among others.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HCV Antibody Test	within 30 days of outpatient primary care visit	Number of Participants with HCV Antibody Test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA; 🇺🇸 Bedford, Massachusetts, United States