Undiagnosed Hepatitis C Infection in an Urban Hospital

Completed

Conditions studied: Hepatitis C

In brief

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are approximately 3.2 million people in the United States infected with hepatitis C and a significant percentage of these patients are unaware of their diagnosis. This study will attempt to determine the point prevalence of undiagnosed hepatitis C infection in an urban hospital population. All patients admitted to the hospital on two separate days will have hepatitis C testing done on leftover serum and plasma that was collected as part of routine inpatient lab work. Our primary goal is to determine the number of undiagnosed hepatitis C infected patients in our hospitalized population. We will also compare these rates to specific demographic characteristics, such as age, race, gender, zip code and type of insurance to see if any associations exist between these demographics and undiagnosed hepatitis C infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01957085

Run by

Temple University

People needed

366

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient admitted to Temple University Hospital on either of the study dates

You may not qualify if…

• Patients admitted on both study dates will only be counted once

Where it is running

• Temple University Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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