Hepatitis C Testing in VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics

Hepatitis C Clinical Trial

— HCVCBOC  

Official title:

Hepatitis C Testing in VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (QUE 15-284)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02936648
• Other study ID #: QUX 16-010
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: September 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups.

Description:

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to: (1) increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups, (2) Increase linkage to specialized HCV care among VISN 1 VA Veterans diagnosed with HCV infection, and (3) Evaluate whether race, ethnicity, gender, or other markers of social disparity influence completion of HCV testing and linkage to specialty care, and whether disparities are reduced by the planned VISN 1 VA HCV Quality Improvement (QI) program. The central focus is to reduce delays in diagnosis and linkage to treatment evaluation, management of comorbidities and contraindications, and subsequent initiation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2209
• Est. completion date: September 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Veterans

• Born in the period of 1945-1965 ("birth cohort")

• With an outpatient visit in primary care at a VISN1 facility in FY 2016

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis C

Intervention

Other:
• quality improvement intervention
The intervention activities included: assessment, planning, stakeholder engagement, education, ongoing process monitoring, program adaptation, problem identification and problem solving, data audit/feedback, program marketing, network development, among others.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA	Bedford	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	HCV Antibody Test	Number of Participants with HCV Antibody Test	within 30 days of outpatient primary care visit