NCT06579313

Current Situation of Health Care in Women With HBV or HCV Infection

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2,500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ruijin Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A multicenter, retrospective study conducted in male and female population infected with HBV or HCV in east China. HCV part, study will enroll 500 HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA positive patients during 2020.7-2023.12 and then observe the characteristics, duration from diagnosis to treatment, treatment rate and sustained virologic response (SVR12) among eligible female and male patients. HBV part, study will enroll 2000 HBsAg positive patients during 2016.7-2019.12 and then observe the clinical characteristics, natural history, duration from diagnosis to treatment, treatment rate and adherence among eligible female and male patients.

Detailed description

Some of the sociocultural factors may prevent women infected with HBV or HCV benefiting from quality health care. Limited articles have ever reported the situation of health care in women with viral hepatitis. A previous study found that low HCV knowledge was observed in females, which was related to a lower willingness to be treated for HCV. Besides that, in other disease areas like hypertension, studies found that females have less awareness of their disease but have higher control over it compared with males. These findings might reflect the differences in health literacy levels which might influence disease outcomes, healthcare-seeking and adherence to treatment. This research aims to fill the data gaps of the gender differences in cascade of care in HBV and HCV, to facilitate patient activation, especially for women. So far, data on the current health care status in HBV-infected women is scarce. With the expansion of treatment indications recommended by China CHB guidelines, more female patients will have the opportunity to gain timely and necessary treatment. This study will analyze the cascade of care by observing the duration from diagnosis to treatment and treatment adherence for women. And this knowledge will serve as a guide for interventions for the management of viral hepatitis, as well as effectively finding and activating patients who meet treatment criteria but are not being treated.

Conditions

• HBV
• HCV

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-04-30
• Completion: 2025-07-31
• First posted: 2024-08-30
• Last updated: 2024-08-30