The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program - Minimal Dataset
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 - Minimal Dataset
- Hepatitis C
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- Kirby Institute
- Enrolment target
- 80,000
- Started
- 23 January 2023
- Main results due
- December 2029
- Study sites
- 16
- 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: * ≥ 18 years of age. * Received point-of-care HCV testing. Exclusion Criteria: * Nil
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). All participants who undergo HCV point-of-care testing at the study site will be included in the data collection. 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(16)
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Active, not recruiting
Maryborough Correctional Centre
Aldershot, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
QuIHN
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Hepatitis Queensland
Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia
Completed
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Palen Creek Correctional Centre
Rathdowney, Queensland, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Townsville Correctional Centre
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Woodford Correctional Centre
Woodford, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Hepatitis SA
Hackney, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
South Australian Prison Health Service
Marden, South Australia, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Mount Gambier Priosn
Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Recruiting
St Vincent's Correctional Health Services
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Active, not recruiting
Medically Supervised Injecting Room
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Dame Phyllis Frost Centre
Ravenhall, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Geo Healthcare - The Geo Group Australia Pty Ltd
Ravenhall, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Showing 16 of 16 sites. 11 of the 16 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 NCT05248555. 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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