Acceptability and Feasibility of Simultaneous Screening for Viral Hepatitis B, C and HIV Among Drug Users and Vulnerable Populations, in Non-conventional Structures "Outside the Walls" by Dual Screening Method RTDs and FibroScan®
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Viral Hepatitis. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The "Scanvir" concept aims to achieve barriers to HCV screening and treating of marginalized patients. The concept is applicable to other various populations and territories and should effectively improve HCV patient's health outcomes. The main objective of the SCANVIR project was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and reproducibility of a "test, treat and cure" strategy for PWIDs and vulnerable populations during dedicated days in addiction care centers.
Detailed description
According to the French recommendations, eliminating hepatitis C virus by 2025 could be a realistic public health goal in this country. A total of 71,466 patients had treatment initiation between 2015 and 2019. It is estimated that 100 000 people are still infected in 2019.
To meet these ambitious objectives, effective screening policies should be intensified and access to treatment promoted through new care strategies for patients who escape the usual care pathways i.e. people who inject drugs (PWIDs), prisoners, migrants and vulnerable populations.
PWIDs represent a large proportion of patients to be screened and treated. It's still not possible to accurately evaluate the number of drug users who are infected with HCV (45 000 people estimated).
Drug users sharing needles and syringes have poor access to treatment. Dealing with PWIDs in addiction care centers (CSAPA and CAARUD in France) is one way to promote HCV testing, and to keep them in the care pathway. This population requires dedicated models that reduce barriers to care: harm reductions policies, access to therapy in real time and follow-up for the detection of reinfection. So the investigator designed and applied a new innovative concept to test, treat and cure PWIDs in their own environment, called the SCANVIR program, initially tested in four French departments with a regional and now national extension.
Primary outcome measures
- Evaluate the acceptability and the feasibility of simultaneous screening for viral hepatitis B, C and HIV among drug users and vulnerable populations in non-conventional structures using a triple method with RTD and FibroScan® and GeneXpert®. [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Reinforce screening for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis Delta (HDV) and HIV, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Reinforce education to prevent the risk of viral transmission, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Encourage HBV vaccination, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Evaluate the feasibility of PCR (GeneXpert/Buvard), [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Reinforce education to prevent the risk of viral transmission, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Provide social support, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Offer rapid treatment to HCV-positive patients in precarious situations, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
- Assess associated co-morbidities: alcohol, cannabis, drug misuse, associated psychiatric pathologies, [Time frame: from enrollment to the end of the subject participation at the end of the day]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult 18 and over
- Patient frequenting an unconventional structure "outside the walls" or referred by a professional in the care sector
- Patient not opposed to research
Exclusion criteria
- Age under 18
- Patient opposed to research
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Limoges University Hospital — Limoges
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06904820 · 87RI24_0061 (SCANVIRE2)