The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program - Minimal Dataset

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Hepatitis C

In brief

The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program will establish an observational cohort to evaluate whether scale-up of finger-stick point-of-care HCV testing increases diagnosis and treatment for HCV infection. Participants will be recruited from settings providing services to people with a risk factor for the acquisition of HCV infection (including drug treatment clinics, needle and syringe programs, homelessness settings, mental health services, prisons, and mobile outreach). All participants who undergo HCV point-of-care testing at the study site will be included in the data collection. Participants will not receive treatment as a part of this study. Participants who are HCV RNA positive will be linked to standard of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05248555

Run by

Kirby Institute

People needed

40000

Starts

2023-01-23

Expected to finish

2029-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years of age.
• Received point-of-care HCV testing.

You may not qualify if…

• Nil

Where it is running

• West Moreton Hospital and Health Service — Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (enrolling)
• Townsville Correctional Centre — Townsville, Queensland, Australia (enrolling)
• Woodford Correctional Centre — Woodford, Queensland, Australia (enrolling)
• Lotus Glen Correctional Centre — Cairns, Queensland, Australia (enrolling)
• St Vincent's Correctional Health Services — Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
• Medically Supervised Injecting Room — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Geo Healthcare - The Geo Group Australia Pty Ltd — Ravenhall, Victoria, Australia
• Hepatitis Queensland — Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia
• South Australian Prison Health Service — Marden, South Australia, Australia
• Mount Gambier Priosn — Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

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