The National Australian HCV Point-of-Care Testing Program - HCV Antibody Testing 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 - HCV Antibody Testing Minimal Dataset
- Hepatitis C
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- Kirby Institute
- Enrolment target
- 40,000
- Started
- 23 February 2023
- Main results due
- June 2029
- Study sites
- 13
- 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: * Provide informed consent * ≥ 18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: * Is unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The goal of this observational study is to learn if offering a point-of-care screening test for exposure to the Hepatitis C virus, before providing a diagnostic test for Hepatitis C infection can increase testing, diagnosis and treatment in Adults. Participants will be recruited from settings that provide services to people with a risk factor for the acquisition of Hepatitis C viral infection. The main question it aims to answer is:
What proportion of the participants that have been diagnosed with HCV infection have started treatment when their records are reviewed 12 weeks after diagnosis?
Participants will have one in-person visit where they will provide informed consent and receive a finger-prick rapid result test for Hepatitis C infection. Participants with no previous Hepatitis C infection will have a screening test to see if they have an immune reaction to Hepatitis C. Participants who know they have been infected with Hepatitis C in the past, and all participants with a positive screening test result will then be given a Hepatitis C diagnostic test at this visit.
No treatment is provided as a part of this study, participants who are diagnosed with Hepatitis C infection will be referred to testing locations standard of care for any additional clinical assessments and treatment initiation. A review of the participant's records will be made 12 weeks after their Hepatitis C result and their treatment data are gathered.
Study sites(13)
ACT Justice Health
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Queensland Injectors Health Network Ltd
Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia
Active, not recruiting
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
Townsville Correctional Centre
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Woodford Correctional Centre
Woodford, Queensland, Australia
Recruiting
South Australian Prison Health Service
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Hepatitis South Australia
Hackney, South Australia, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Tasmanian Prison Service
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Not yet recruiting
St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recruiting
Acacia Prison
Beechina, Western Australia, Australia
Recruiting
WA Department of Justice
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Not yet recruiting
Showing 13 of 13 sites. 6 of the 13 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 NCT05713136. 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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