NCT03595527

Universal HIV Screening and Targeted HCV Screening in Emergency Department

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 6,350 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 73 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Cross-sectional study of patients consulting in the emergency room of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), to assess the implementation of an "opt-out" screening program for HIV and HCV and prospective follow-up for 3 months of positive cases.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of routine HIV and HCV screening using an "opt-out" approach at the emergency room of the CHUM and to determine the rate of new positive HIV and HCV cases. A sub-analysis will focus more specifically on HCV in the Quebec equivalent of "baby boomers" (1945-1975) since this is the group that was targeted in the United States. The second phase of this study will evaluate the effectiveness of the linkage to the healthcare system for people diagnosed with HIV or HCV and how fast these people are taken care of and put on treatment.

Conditions

• Hepatitis C
• Hiv

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	HIV and HCV screening	HIV test: ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo, Abbott HCV test: ARCHITECT Anti-HCV, Abbott

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-10
• Primary completion: 2019-10-10
• Completion: 2020-10-10
• First posted: 2018-07-23
• Last updated: 2023-02-10
• Results posted: 2023-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada