The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program: An Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Use of Finger-stick Point-of-care Hepatitis C Testing to Enhance Diagnosis and Treatment of HCV Infection - Minimal Dataset
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (11) locations...
Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program will establish an observational cohort to evaluate whether scale-up of finger-stick point-of-care HCV testing increases diagnosis and treatment for HCV infection. Participants will be recruited from settings providing services to people with a risk factor for the acquisition of HCV infection (including drug treatment clinics, needle and syringe programs, homelessness settings, mental health services, prisons, and mobile outreach). All participants who undergo HCV point-of-care testing at the study site will be included in the data collection. Participants will not receive treatment as a part of this study. Participants who are HCV RNA positive will be linked to standard of care.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• ≥ 18 years of age.
• Received point-of-care HCV testing.
Locations
Other Locations
Australia
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
RECRUITING
Cairns
Hepatitis Queensland
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Coorparoo
St Vincent's Correctional Health Services
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Fitzroy
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
RECRUITING
Ipswich
South Australian Prison Health Service
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Marden
Medically Supervised Injecting Room
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Melbourne
Mount Gambier Priosn
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Mount Gambier
Geo Healthcare - The Geo Group Australia Pty Ltd
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Ravenhall
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sydney
Townsville Correctional Centre
RECRUITING
Townsville
Woodford Correctional Centre
RECRUITING
Woodford
Contact Information
Primary
David Silk, BSc
dsilk@kirby.unsw.edu.au
+61293850900
Backup
Simon Comben, BSc, MN
scomben@kirby.unsw.edu.au
+6193480777
Time Frame
Start Date:2021-12-01
Estimated Completion Date:2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants:40000
Treatments
People at risk of HCV acquisition
Clinic staff will offer HCV point-of-care testing to participants as they access services. Testing will be performed using point-of-care HCV RNA testing.