To demonstrate that colocation treatment of substance use disorder and Hepatitis C infection concurrently while proving addiction counselling will achieve increased duration of sobriety and elimination of Hepatitis C virus in study participants.
To demonstrate that colocation treatment of substance use disorder and Hepatitis C infection concurrently while proving addiction counselling will achieve increased duration of sobriety and elimination of Hepatitis C virus in study participants. Primary objective: 1\. Cure rates (SVR-12, HCV plasma RNA not quantifiable 12 weeks after last dose of treatment) of HCV in 30 recently identified PWIDS under 30 years old Secondary objectives: 1. Rate of sobriety maintenance for 1 year after enrollment 2. Re-infection rate with HCV over 1 year after enrollment 3. Re-admission rates for detox 4. Cravings
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Glecaprevir-pibrentasvir will be dispensed to 30 patients recently detoxed off heroin in an acute detox center.
ID CARE
Hillsborough, New Jersey, United States
Cure rate of Hepatitis C Infection
Cure rates (SVR-12, HCV plasma RNA not quantifiable 12 weeks after last dose of treatment) of HCV in 30 recently identified PWIDS under 30 years
Time frame: 12 weeks after treatment completion viral load measure
Sobriety from Drug Use
Rate of sobriety maintenance for 1 year after enrollment
Time frame: 1 year
Hepatitis C Reinfection Rate
Re-infection rate with HCV over 1 year after enrollment
Time frame: 1 year
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