Trial Parameters
Condition Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sponsor Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
Study Type OBSERVATIONAL
Phase N/A
Enrollment 3,000
Sex ALL
Min Age 18 Years
Max Age N/A
Start Date 2023-12-15
Completion 2025-12-31
Interventions
Hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) testHepatitis C RNA test and genotype test
Brief Summary
The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, non-interventional pilot project of screening HCV in PWID in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure of early detection of Hepatitis C and setting up and testing new methods and implementation into the system of social health care.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * age 18+ * an active injecting drug user or have used injecting drugs at any time in the past Exclusion Criteria: * not agreeing to participate in the project