200
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2025
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2027
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2027
Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-stick Point-of-Care test (Cepheid)
The investigators will randomly assign eligible and consented patients to either to HCV POC VL Group or Reference Group. All participants will take a short survey regarding HCV care and treatment. As part of the investigators' ED HCV Screening and Linkage to Care Program, all participants will receive the standard-of-care clinical laboratory-based HCV RNA viral load testing via whole blood (i.e. patient will receive blood drawn). This standard-of-care HCV viral load testing result will be provided to participant when it is available (usually 1-2 days later). Participants in the HCV POC VL Group will receive the novel POC HCV RNA viral load testing and the result of the novel test will be disclosed to the patients approximately within 1 to 1½ hours of the testing.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Collaborators (1)
Cepheid
INDUSTRY
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER