Early Detection of HCV in Injection Drug Users
Early Detection of Hepatitis C in Injection Drug Users
Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
3,000 participants
Dec 15, 2023
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
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
Inclusion Criteria2
- age 18+
- an active injecting drug user or have used injecting drugs at any time in the past
Exclusion Criteria1
- not agreeing to participate in the project
Interventions
Testing for hepatitis C antibodies determines whether or not you have been exposed to HCV at some point in your life. This testing will be performed in all 3,000 persons who inject drugs enrolled in the project.
RNA is a type of genetic material from HCV that can be detected in the blood. This test will be used as a confirmation of the infection. This testing will be performed in all persons with positive antibody test who will come to clinical center.
Locations(18)
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NCT06431945