Role of Hepatitis C self-testing kit to increase testing for hepatitis C in the urban slums of Haridwar

Effectiveness of health systems interventions on uptake of Hepatitis C self-testing (HCVST) in the urban slums of Haridwar: A pragmatic cluster randomized control trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/07/054590

Enrollment

460

Registered

2023-07-03

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-07-25

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Hepatitis C Self Testing (HCVST) Kit: Its a self testing kit given to participants to do self testing of Hepatitis C Control Intervention1: Rapid Diagnostic Kit (RDK) as comparator ELIS

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Both male and female aged between >=18 years 2. Resident of the selected urban slums at least for the past six months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria- • Refused consent • Known case of Hepatitis C (on treatment or cured) • Persons with intellectual Disability

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number and Proportion of uptake of HCVST in 2 intervention armsTimepoint: In 6 months of initiation of data collection	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Difference in Proportion of testing uptake after different interventions Proportion testing uptake of HCVST (blood) kits in 2 intervention arms Proportion of participants who used HCVST kits correctly in 2 intervention arms Proportion of individuals tested positive for Ab to HCV in all 3 arms Proportion of participants tested for confirmatory test in all 3 arms Proportion of patients initiated DAA in all 3 arms Timepoint: In 6 months of initiation of data collection	—

Measure

Time frame

Difference in Proportion of testing uptake after different interventions Proportion testing uptake of HCVST (blood) kits in 2 intervention arms Proportion of participants who used HCVST kits correctly in 2 intervention arms Proportion of individuals tested positive for Ab to HCV in all 3 arms Proportion of participants tested for confirmatory test in all 3 arms Proportion of patients initiated DAA in all 3 arms Timepoint: In 6 months of initiation of data collection

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAjeet Singh Bhadoria

AIIMS Rishikesh

ajeetsinghbhadoria@gmail.com7838212316

Outcome results