Universal HIV Screening and Targeted HCV Screening in Emergency Department

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatitis C; Hiv

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: HIV and HCV screening

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03595527

17.300

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cross-sectional study of patients consulting in the emergency room of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), to assess the implementation of an "opt-out" screening program for HIV and HCV and prospective follow-up for 3 months of positive cases.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of routine HIV and HCV screening using an "opt-out" approach at the emergency room of the CHUM and to determine the rate of new positive HIV and HCV cases. A sub-analysis will focus more specifically on HCV in the Quebec equivalent of "baby boomers" (1945-1975) since this is the group that was targeted in the United States. The second phase of this study will evaluate the effectiveness of the linkage to the healthcare system for people diagnosed with HIV or HCV and how fast these people are taken care of and put on treatment.

Enrollment: 6,350 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 73 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals attending the emergency room of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals unable to opt-out due to their psychological or physical condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6,350 participants in 1 patient group

Patients consulting in the emergency room

Experimental group

Description:

Patients consulting in the emergency room.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: HIV and HCV screening