Early Detection of Hepatitis C in Injection Drug Users
Status: Recruiting
Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, non-interventional pilot project of screening HCV in PWID in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure of early detection of Hepatitis C and setting up and testing new methods and implementation into the system of social health care.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• age 18+
• an active injecting drug user or have used injecting drugs at any time in the past
Contact Information
Primary
Nikola Stourac
nikola.stourac@uzis.cz
+42073901254
Backup
Lucie Mandelova, PhD
lucie.mandelova@uzis.cz
+420 770190 828
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-12-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 3000
Treatments
People who inject drugs
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Clinic Podane ruce, Remedis Prague, Hospital Tábor, Hospital Opava, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hospital Havířov, České Budějovice Hospital, Hepatogastroenterology Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Olomouc, Military University Hospital, Prague, Regional Hospital Karlovy Vary, Brno University Hospital, Tomáš Baťa Regional Hospital in Zlín, Hospital Jihlava, Masarykova Nemocnice v Usti nad Labem, Krajska Zdravotni a.s., Hospital Pardubice, Hospital Agel Prostějov
Leads: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic