Psychoeducation for Hepatitis and Alcohol Behaviors

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hepatitis C, Substance Abuse

In brief

The proposed project will apply a unique, effective family-responsive psychoeducation program, PsychoEducation Responsive to Families (PERF), for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) treatment. The goal is to demonstrate that the intervention will enlarge the eligibility of some patients for HCV treatment and help sustain others through it.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00598416

Run by

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

People needed

556

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Individuals who are seropositive for HCV as determined by ELISA test and confirmed by direct measure of viral load as part of their clinical care
• Lack progressive or decompensated liver functions (manifest in jaundice, ascites, variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy)
• Age at least 18 years
• Identified family member(s)/significant other(s) also willing to participate in the psychoeducation groups, and
• Ability to provide informed consent for research participation. "Family" will be defined to include biological relatives, as well as any non-biological individual or significant other considered "family" by either the ill member or his/her immediate family.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed consent such as irreversible cognitive impairment precluding participation
• Progressive or decompensated liver functions (manifest in jaundice, ascites, variceal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy), and
• Age <18 years.

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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