Acceptance and Feasibility of Hepatitis c Screening Strategies in Social Insertion Centers With Alternative Sentences to Prison and Open System

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. It is a progressive disease that without treatment leads to the development of cirrhosis in approximately 10-20% of patients. With this study the investigators intend to evaluate the efficacy defined as the rate of HCV diagnostic tests performed within a decentralized diagnostic strategy by means of home self-testing compared to the one performed in situ in the population served in Social Insertion Centers (CIS) with alternative prison sentences, in order to study the prevalence and characteristics associated with HCV infection in this population, which is known to be at risk for this disease, and to offer them treatment and cure.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 79
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• All persons attending the Social Insertion Center for the first time with alternative sentences to prison and in open system.

• Signed informed consent.

Locations
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Spain
Hospital Universitario de Canarias
RECRUITING
San Cristóbal De La Laguna
Contact Information
Primary
Hernández Guerra
mhernand@ull.edu.es
+34922678559
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-03-10
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-01-10
Participants
Target number of participants: 854
Treatments
Experimental: Alternative sentences to prison
Persons with alternative sentences to prison will be informed of the study and, according to the randomization code, will be: a) given an envelope with all the necessary material to carry out the test at home and send it to the hospital for processing or, b) be tested on site at the the Social Insertion Center premises, who will also send it to the hospital for processing by the Central Laboratory of the University Hospital of the Canary Islands.
Experimental: Open system
They will be offered to take the diagnostic test in situ at the the Social Insertion Center premises.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of La Laguna

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