Clinical Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Acceptance of a Telemedicine Based Programme to Treat Hepatitis C Among Patients at Drug Addiction Centers

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

The investigators have designed a community-based intervention study to all subjects attended in drug addiction centers screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) to evaluate the efficacy and acceptance of a telemedicine based programme versus conventional healthcare assistance

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Subjects 18 years old or older with a valid sanitary card in our public health system

• Signed Informed consent

• Tested for HCV: a) no previous documented HCV antibody request or b) with a previous positive HCV antibody test without RNA result or positive result without treatment or confirmed sustained virological response or c) with a negative HCV antibody result tested more than one year ago

• No current surveillance by any hepatitis specialized care (hepatology or internal medicine)

Locations
Other Locations
Spain
Hospital Universitario de Canarias
RECRUITING
San Cristóbal De La Laguna
Contact Information
Primary
Manuel N Hernandez-Guerra, MD
mhernand@ull.edu.es
34922678559
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-07-05
Completion Date: 2023-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 166
Treatments
No_intervention: Conventional care
Screening HCV with dried blod spot (DBS) testing and referral to tertiary care hospital to evaluate disease stage and treatment of HCV RNA positive patients
Active_comparator: Telemedicine care
Two-way videoconference to evaluate the need of screening with DBS, disease stage evaluation and treatment of HCV RNA positive patients at drug addiction centers
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of La Laguna

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