Epidemiology of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Patients Born Before 1969 in the Hospital Setting: a Spontaneous Opportunistic Screening Initiative. (ERADIcATE)

NCT05813691 UNKNOWN

The goal of this monocentric prospective observational study is to evaluate the prevalence of unknown hepatitis C virus chronic infection in general population born before january 1st 1968 in Italy. The main questions it aims to answer are: what is the prevalence of hepatits C virus infection in general population born before January 1st, 1968? What rare the characteristics of these patients compared to the general population? What is the prevalence of patients tested HCV positive who are referred to the Hepatology Outpatient Clinic for further evaluation? What is the prevalence of patients with HCV infection detected during the study and treated with direct antiviral agents during follow up? Participants will be tested with a point of care screening test (Meridian, Bioscience) able to detect anti-HCV antibodies to detect the presence of antibodies against HCV.

Details

Lead sponsor	Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Status	UNKNOWN
Enrolment	4000
Start date	Mon Apr 10 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Thu Apr 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Hepatitis C, Chronic
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis

Interventions

• Meridan Bioscience Point of Care test against HCV antibodies