A Randomized Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Partner Navigation Intervention for HCV Treatment Among Young Adult People Who Inject Drugs

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The Partner Navigation Intervention Study is a randomized controlled study (RCT) to assess the efficacy and mechanism of action of the first behavioral intervention to increase hepatitis C (HCV) treatment initiation among adult people who inject drugs (PWID).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Self report injecting drugs in the past month

• Self report a primary injecting partner (currently inject drugs together)

• HCV infection identified at partnering community-based clinical site

Locations
United States
California
University of California, San Francisco
RECRUITING
San Francisco
Contact Information
Primary
Meghan D Morris, MPH, PhD
meghan.morris@ucsf.edu
415-574-0651
Backup
Claire McDonell, MS
claire.mcdonell@ucsf.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-03-25
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-06-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 500
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention
In addition to standard HCV results disclosure for the comparator arm, intervention participants will have two counseling sessions:~Session 1: Immediately after HCV results disclosure, a staff-facilitated session with the index to (1) Establish HCV Treatment Goals, fostering commitment, and (2) Engage the Injecting Partner, identifying ways to support treatment initiation.~Session 2: One week later, involving both the index and injecting partner, to (1) Enhance Partner Support with specific strategies for HCV treatment initiation and (2) Collaborative Navigation Mapping, using a navigation map tool. By Session 2's end, both will have a completed navigation map, a visual guide for the HCV treatment journey.~Both sessions stress communication and dyadic coordination. The navigation map tool ensures a personalized plan for the index's treatment initiation and the partner's supportive navigator role.
No_intervention: Control
Standard of care HCV disclosure. This staff-facilitated session follows the California HIV/HCV test counselor certification protocol with the Index alone.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of California, San Francisco
Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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