Hepatitis C Treatment to Prevent HIV, Initiate Opioid Substitution Therapy, and Reduce Risky Behavior

HCV Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Novel Model of Hepatitis C Treatment as Anchor to Prevent HIV, Initiate Opioid Substitution Therapy, and Reduce Risky Behavior

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03221309
• Other study ID #: HP-00071577
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: May 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: August 2023

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an open label, non-randomized, observational pilot study to evaluate a model of care for treatment of hepatitis C in people with ongoing injection drug use. Participants will be treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAA) as per standard of care and will concomittantly be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention and buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder when clinically indicated.

Description:

Hepatitis C (HCV) is a chronic infection with significant morbidity and mortality. The development of directly acting antivirals (DAA) has dramatically improved the cure rate of HCV treatment. However, despite the availability of effective therapy, the global epidemic of HCV infection continues to be driven by people with ongoing injection drug use (PWID), who are largely excluded from HCV therapy. Several critical barriers exist preventing high-risk patients' entry to care, including (1) lack of engagement in the traditional healthcare system by marginalized patient populations, and (2) insurance restrictions due to concerns regarding treatment adherence and HCV reinfection. Furthermore, ongoing injection drug use places these individuals at high risk of HIV acquisition. However, studies have repeatedly demonstrated that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces HIV acquisition and opioid substitution therapy with buprenorphine reduces HIV and HCV acquisition in PWID.

As such, we propose a comprehensive model of care to engage individuals with ongoing injection drug use in treatment of HCV, in conjunction with collocated services to prevent HIV acquisition and HCV reinfection, including pre-exposure prophylaxis and opioid substitution therapy. This pilot trial will demonstrate whether a comprehensive model of care can simultaneously treat HCV, and prevent HCV reinfection, HIV acquisition and effectively treat opioid use disorder.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 198
• Est. completion date: August 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 22, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 years old

2. Able and willing to sign informed consent

3. Chronically infected with HCV, defined as any individual with documentation of positive HCV antibody and positive HCV RNA test (HCV RNA of 2,000 IU/mL or greater).

4. Willing to have samples stored for future use

5. Ongoing injection drug use, defined as self-report of either:

1. Phase 1 (first 100 enrolled participants) Injection non-prescription drug use within three months of screening visit or

2. Phase 2 (enrolled participants 101-200) Use of non-prescription opioids within twelve months of screening visit

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Decompensated liver disease (Childs Pugh B or C)

2. Unable to comply with research study visits

3. Poor venous access not allowing screening laboratory collection

4. Have any condition that the investigator considers a contraindication to study participation

5. Pregnant or breastfeeding woman

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burpenorphine
• HCV
• Hepatitis C
• PreP

Intervention

Other:
• Evaluate model of care for HCV-infected adults with on-going opioid misuse
Participants will be treated with direct-acting antivirals per standard of care and will be concomittantly be offered PreP for HIV prevention and buprenorphine for treatment of opioid-use disorder when clinically indicated

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Maryland Drug Treatment Center	Baltimore	Maryland
United States	HIPS	Washington	District of Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	SVR12	Rate of SVR12 in phase 1 study group	24 weeks
Secondary	Uptake of Prep	Number of participants who update PreP	24 weeks
Secondary	Adherence of Prep	Number of participants who adhere to PrEP	52 weeks
Secondary	Uptake of buprenorphine	Number of participants who update buprenorphine when clinical indicated	24 weeks
Secondary	Retention in buprenorphine program	Number of participants who remain buprenorphine program	52 weeks