NCT04809246

Prisons Evaluation of a One-stop-shop InterVentiOn

Prisons Evaluation of a One-stop-shop InterVentiOn to Scale-up Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment (PIVOT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 541 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kirby Institute · Other Government
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A prospective historically controlled study to assess the effect of an intervention integrating point-of-care hepatitis C (HCV) RNA testing, non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment, fast-tracked direct-acting antiviral (DAA) prescription, and linkage to hepatitis care (a 'one-stop-shop' intervention), on the proportion of participants initiating DAA therapy among people who are recently incarcerated within reception correctional centre(s) in Australia.

Conditions

• Hepatitis C

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	'One-stop-shop' hepatitis clinic	Establishment of a 'one-stop-shop' hepatitis clinic, integrating point-of-care HCV RNA testing, followed by clinical assessment, non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment by fibro-elastography (Fibroscan), and early DAA prescription (for those with chronic HCV) followed by linkage to ongoing hepatitis care, all in the same 60-minute visit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-31
• Primary completion: 2021-04-23
• Completion: 2021-09-10
• First posted: 2021-03-22
• Last updated: 2022-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia