Acceptance and Feasibility of Hepatitis c Screening Strategies in Social Insertion Centers

Hepatitis C Virus Clinical Trial

— TGSS_CIS  

Official title:

Acceptance and Feasibility of Hepatitis c Screening Strategies in Social Insertion Centers With Alternative Sentences to Prison and Open System

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05756738
• Other study ID #: TGSS_CIS
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 10, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: University of La Laguna
• Contact: Hernández Guerra
• Phone: +34922678559
• Email: mhernand[@]ull.edu.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. It is a progressive disease that without treatment leads to the development of cirrhosis in approximately 10-20% of patients. With this study the investigators intend to evaluate the efficacy defined as the rate of HCV diagnostic tests performed within a decentralized diagnostic strategy by means of home self-testing compared to the one performed in situ in the population served in Social Insertion Centers (CIS) with alternative prison sentences, in order to study the prevalence and characteristics associated with HCV infection in this population, which is known to be at risk for this disease, and to offer them treatment and cure.

Description:

A randomized study will be designed in which all persons attending the Social Insertion Center to serve alternative sentences to prison will be invited to participate on a voluntary basis, with prior informed consent. In order to study the prevalence of these persons compared to persons in open system, the latter will be offered, with prior informed consent, to take the diagnostic test in situ at the CIS premises. All persons will be given a survey with sociodemographic and clinical variables to identify predictor factors.

People with alternative sentences to prison will be informed of the study and, according to the randomization code, will be: a) given an envelope with all the necessary material to carry out the test at home and send it to the hospital for processing or, b) be tested on site at the CIS premises by the CIS nurse, who will also send it to the hospital for processing within 30 days by the Central Laboratory of the University Hospital of the Canary Islands.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 854
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 10, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 79 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All persons attending the Social Insertion Center for the first time with alternative sentences to prison and in open system.

• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of the patient to participate in the study.

• Minors under 18 years of age and over 79 years of age.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis C Virus

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Dried blood spot testing
To evaluate the efficacy defined as the rate of diagnostic tests against hepatitis C virus (HCV) performed with a dried blood spot test

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Hospital Universitario de Canarias	San Cristobal de La laguna	Santa Cruz De Tenerife

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of La Laguna

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (14)

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Crespo J, Albillos A, Buti M, Calleja JL, Garcia-Samaniego J, Hernandez-Guerra M, Serrano T, Turnes J, Acin E, Berenguer J, Berenguer M, Colom J, Fernandez I, Fernandez Rodriguez C, Forns X, Garcia F, Rafael Granados, Lazarus JV, Molero JM, Molina E, Perez Escanilla F, Pineda JA, Rodriguez M, Romero M, Roncero C, Saiz de la Hoya P, Sanchez Antolin G. Elimination of hepatitis C. Positioning document of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver (AEEH). Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov;42(9):579-592. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2019.09.002. Epub 2019 Oct 5. English, Spanish. — View Citation

Crespo J, Llerena S, Cobo C, Cabezas J. Is HCV elimination possible in prison? Rev Esp Sanid Penit. 2017 Dec;19(3):70-73. doi: 10.4321/S1575-06202017000300001. No abstract available. — View Citation

Cuadrado A, Cobo C, Mateo M, Blasco AJ, Cabezas J, Llerena S, Fortea JI, Lazaro P, Crespo J. Telemedicine efficiently improves access to hepatitis C management to achieve HCV elimination in the penitentiary setting. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Feb;88:103031. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103031. Epub 2020 Nov 19. — View Citation

European Association for Study of Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection. J Hepatol. 2014 Feb;60(2):392-420. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Dec 9. No abstract available. Erratum In: J Hepatol. 2014 Jul;61(1):183-4. — View Citation

Foschi A, Casana M, Radice A, Ranieri R, d'Arminio Monforte A. Hepatitis C management in prisons: An insight into daily clinical practice in three major Italian correctional houses. Hepatology. 2016 Nov;64(5):1821-1822. doi: 10.1002/hep.28609. Epub 2016 May 31. No abstract available. — View Citation

Juanbeltz R, Perez-Garcia A, Aguinaga A, Martinez-Baz I, Casado I, Burgui C, Goni-Esarte S, Reparaz J, Zozaya JM, San Miguel R, Ezpeleta C, Castilla J; EIPT-VHC Study Group. Progress in the elimination of hepatitis C virus infection: A population-based cohort study in Spain. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 4;13(12):e0208554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208554. eCollection 2018. — View Citation

Morales-Arraez D, Hernandez-Bustabad A, Medina-Alonso MJ, Santiago-Gutierrez LG, Garcia-Gil S, Diaz-Flores F, Perez-Perez V, Nazco J, Fernandez de Rota Martin P, Gutierrez F, Hernandez-Guerra M. Telemedicine and decentralized hepatitis C treatment as a strategy to enhance retention in care among people attending drug treatment centres. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Aug;94:103235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103235. Epub 2021 Apr 7. — View Citation

Morales-Arraez D, Hernandez-Guerra M. Electronic Alerts as a Simple Method for Amplifying the Yield of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Screening and Diagnosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jan;115(1):9-12. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000487. No abstract available. — View Citation

Saiz de la Hoya P, Marco A, Garcia-Guerrero J, Rivera A; Prevalhep study group. Hepatitis C and B prevalence in Spanish prisons. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;30(7):857-62. doi: 10.1007/s10096-011-1166-5. Epub 2011 Jan 28. — View Citation

Sterling RK, Cherian R, Lewis S, Genther K, Driscoll C, Martin K, Goode MB, Matherly S, Siddiqui MS, Luketic VA, Stravitz RT, Puri P, Lee H, Smith P, Patel V, Sanyal AJ. Treatment of HCV in the Department of Corrections in the Era of Oral Medications. J Correct Health Care. 2018 Apr;24(2):127-136. doi: 10.1177/1078345818762591. Epub 2018 Mar 22. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of participants in a HCV screening strategy	To evaluate the efficacy defined as the rate of diagnostic tests against hepatitis C virus (HCV) performed within a decentralized diagnostic strategy integrated by self-testing at home compared to that performed in situ in the population served in a Social Insertion Center with alternative prison sentences.	1 year
Secondary	Prevalence of HCV	To study the prevalence and characteristics of patients with active HCV infection who are treated in the Social Insertion Center with alternative prison sentences compared to those in open system, so better and more specialized screening strategies are developed.	1 year