The Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program
The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program: An Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Use of Finger-stick Point-of-care Hepatitis C Testing to Enhance Diagnosis and Treatment of HCV Infection
- Hepatitis C
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- Kirby Institute
- Enrolment target
- 60,000
- Started
- 23 February 2022
- Main results due
- 30 June 2029
- Study sites
- 69
- Registry updated
- 28 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- Healthy volunteers can take part.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provided informed consent. 2. ≥ 18 years of age. 3. Have a risk factor for the acquisition of HCV infection (including current or past injecting drug use, previous incarceration, HIV infection, receiving blood products prior to 1990, having a tattoo or piercing in an unregulated environment, a needle-stick injury, or a mother with HCV). OR: 4. Are attending a service caring for people with risk factors for the acquisition of HCV infection (e.g. drug treatment clinics, needle and syringe programs, prisons, mobile outreach services, community health services, mental health services, and homelessness services). Exclusion Criteria: a. Is unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or abide by the requirements of the study.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program will establish an observational cohort to evaluate whether scale-up of finger-stick point-of-care HCV testing increases diagnosis and treatment for HCV infection. Participants will be recruited from settings providing services to people with a risk factor for the acquisition of HCV infection (including drug treatment clinics, needle and syringe programs, homelessness settings, mental health services, prisons, and mobile outreach). Participants will attend a single visit to have their HCV RNA status tested and complete a self-administered survey. Participants will not receive treatment as a part of this study. Participants who are HCV RNA positive will be linked to standard of care.
Study sites(69)
Hepatitis ACT
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Recruiting
Western NSW LHD
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Far West LHD
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Galambila Aboriginal Health Service
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Central Coast LHD
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Armajun Health Service Aboriginal Corporation
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Rekindling the Spirit Health Service
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Asylum Seeker Centre
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
North and Mid North Coast LHD
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Walhallow Aboriginal Corporation
Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation
South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Kirketon Road Centre
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
NSLHD
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
WSLHD Drug Health
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
South West Sydney LHD
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Completed
Hepatitis NSW
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
NSW Users and AIDS Association
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Prince of Wales Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
SESLHD Community and Mental Health POCT Allicance (SCAMPA)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
SESLHD Drug Health
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Storr Liver Clinic (Westmead Hospital)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Sydney Local Health District
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Murrumbidgee & Southern LHD
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Hunter New England LHD
Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
ISLHD Drug and Alcohol Service
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
ADSCA - Alice Springs Hospital
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Recruiting
Clinic 34
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Recruiting
Metro North HHS (Biala and Caboolture)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
IHWH Micah Projects
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Cairns Sexual Health Service
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Completed
Hepatitis QLD
Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Kombi Clinic
Inala, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Metro South Addiction Services - Inala AODS
Inala, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Ipswich AODS
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Ipswich Sexual Health and BBV Service, West Moreton Health
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Terminated
OneBridge
Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
North West HHS - Mount Isa ATODS
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Sunshine Coast HHS AODS
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
West End, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Clinic H
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide LHN
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
Lyell McEwin Hospital, North Adelaide LHN
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
Flinders Medical Centre, South Adelaide LHN
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
Hepatitis SA
Hackney, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
Pangula Mannamurna Aboriginal Corporation
Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Completed
Tasmanian Sexual Health Service - Clinic 60
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Recruiting
Moreton Group Rural Health
New Town, Tasmania, Australia
Withdrawn
Ascot Vale Pharmacy
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
Completed
Ballarat Community Health
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Harm Reduction Victoria
Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Western Health
Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Eastern Health
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Youth Projects - The Living Room
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Latrobe Community Health Service Liited
Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Goulburn Valley Community Health
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Primary Care Connect
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Showing 60 of 69 sites — filter to narrow it down. 52 of the 69 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05042544. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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