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NCT Number: NCT04677153

Rapid HCV Treatment Access for Persons Who Use Drugs

This study is being done to compare two strategies to deliver HCV treatment to persons with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who also use drugs and are participating in an outpatient opioid treatment program (OTP). Participants will be randomized into one of two treatment groups:

1. Test and treat plus peer-mentors: This treatment group will be offered 8 weeks of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (an FDA approved HCV treatment) within days of HCV diagnosis at the OTP. Participants in this group will receive treatment adherence support from a peer-mentor who is someone who has been cured of HCV infection. 2. Standard of care HCV treatment referral: This treatment group will be referred to an offsite HCV treatment location. This is the usual care for anyone who tests positive for HCV at the OTP who is not participating in this study.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Health Network Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Ability and willingness of participant to provide written informed consent
  • Men and women age ≥18 to ≤70 years at study entry
  • HCV antibody positive/detectable HCV RNA
  • HCV treatment naïve (no prior treatment with an approved or investigational oral Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA) therapy
  • Negative pregnancy test at screening or at the day of treatment initiation (females of childbearing potential only)
  • If co-infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is documented, the subject must be anti-retroviral treatment (ART) naïve with CD4 T cell count >500 cells/mm3 OR on a stable ART regimen (containing only permissible ART - Raltegravir; dolutegravir; Rilpivirine; Elvitegravir/cobicistat; Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; Tenofovir alafenamide; Emtricitabine; Lamivudine and/or Abacavir, bictegravir)

Exclusion criteria

  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or considering becoming pregnant during the study and for 30 days after the last dose of study drug
  • Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of study drugs or their formulation
  • Current or history of decompensated liver disease (including but not limited to encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, or ascites) prior to study entry
  • History of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Any history of active Hepatitis B or positive HBsAg test
  • Platelet count < 150,000/mm3
  • HCV RNA undetectable
  • History of clinically significant abnormalities or co-morbidities that make the subject an unsuitable candidate for this study, in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Women of childbearing potential that are not practicing at least one specified method of birth control that is effective from Study Day 1 through at least 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
  • Subject is currently taking any of the following prohibited medications: red yeast rice (monacolin K), St. John's Wort, carbamazepine, dabigatran, efavirenz, phenytoin, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, primidone, rifabutin, rifampin.
  • Subject is not able or willing to safely discontinue the prohibited medications or supplements listed below at least 14 days prior to the first dose of GLE/PIB: some HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, astemizole, cisapride, terfenadine, ethinyl estradiol.

Treatment and study plan

Test and treat plus peer mentors

Other

Rapid start of HCV treatment at OTP within days of HCV diagnosis. Participants will receive 8 weeks of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir and will work with a peer mentor during and after treatment.

Other names: On-site treatment with peer support HCV treatment implementation strategy

Usual Care

Other

Participants are referred to another location for HCV treatment.

Other names: Standard of care referral HCV treatment implementation strategy

Primary outcomes

  1. Participants Who Initiate HCV Therapy

    Time frame: Within 12 weeks of randomization

    Participants who start HCV treatment in each arm.

Secondary outcomes

  1. HCV Treatment Completion

    Time frame: At expected end of treatment date, up to 20 weeks

    Participants who start HCV treatment and subsequently complete treatment (take more than 90% of prescribed treatment course).

  2. Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) Following Treatment by Intervention Group

    Time frame: Post-treatment week 12

    Participants in each arm who achieved SVR, defined as HCV RNA <15 IU/mL between 10 and 36 weeks after completion of the HCV treatment regimen.

  3. Time to HCV Treatment Initiation

    Time frame: From randomization to initiation of treatment, up to 24 weeks

    Time to HCV Treatment Initiation in weeks.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Other

Collaborators

  • AbbVie

Registry information

Official study title

Rapid HCV Test and Treat to Increase HCV Treatment Uptake Among People Who Use Drugs

Acronym: RAPID-HCV

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Dec 21, 2020
Registry last updated
Apr 13, 2026

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