STOP HCC: Mailed HCV Treatment Outreach Program for HCC Prevention for Elevated LFTs

NCT ID: NCT04395118

Last Updated: 2020-07-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-15
• Study Completion Date: 2022-01-01

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing two strategies to promote HCV screening, follow-up testing, and treatment among Parkland patients who are 18 years or older who have elevated liver functioning test (LFT) results: in reach with electronic medical record alerts and provider education vs. combination of in reach and provider education plus mailed outreach and patient navigation.

Conditions

Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Usual Care

Patients randomized to Group 1 will receive visit-based HCV screening, as offered by clinic providers as part of usual care. Providers must identify at-risk patients who are eligible for HCV screening, understand the benefits of screening in this population, and enter orders for HCV Ab testing. If the HCV antibody is abnormal, providers must order appropriate follow-up tests including HCV viral load to confirm HCV infection. Once HCV is confirmed, providers must refer the patients for fibrosis assessment and treatment evaluation. These efforts are augmented by an established best practice alert and health maintenance reminders.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Mailed Outreach

Patients randomized to Group 2 will receive low literacy, written materials about HCV screening in English and Spanish. The invitation will include patient-centered educational materials that discuss the risk of HCV in patients with elevated LFTs and the benefits and risks of HCV screening. The invitation will include a phone number to schedule the HCV antibody test. Once a potential subject is identified and randomized in Group 2, an outreach invitation will be mailed out. Shortly after the letter, a bilingual patient navigator will call to this potential subject. Patients will also receive centralized patient navigation to facilitate screening completion and appropriate test follow-up. He/she will help patients schedule HCV antibody testing and will assume responsibility for tracking results. Patients referred to the Hepatitis C clinic for treatment evaluation will receive reminder calls from trained and credentialed study staff 5-7 business days for scheduled appointments.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mailed Outreach

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The investigators will randomize elevated LFT patients (\~12,000 patients) using a centrally maintained computer-generated list. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two HCV screening strategies including: visit-based screening as part of usual care (Group 1) or mailed screening invitation outreach and centralized patient navigation (Group 2).

Interventions

Mailed Outreach

The investigators will randomize elevated LFT patients (\~12,000 patients) using a centrally maintained computer-generated list. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two HCV screening strategies including: visit-based screening as part of usual care (Group 1) or mailed screening invitation outreach and centralized patient navigation (Group 2).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• ages 18 or older
• elevated liver functioning tests (AST or ALT >35 that are separated by at least one month)
• ≥ 1 outpatient visit during 12 months prior to randomization at Parkland
• no prior HCV screening (prior HCV antibody, viral load, or genotype).
• any active medical coverage
• speaks Spanish or English

Exclusion Criteria

• a life expectancy less than one year including any history of metastatic cancer, and those who received a palliative care or hospice referral in the past year
• history of HCC.
• non-English or Spanish speakers
• no address or phone number on file

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Parkland Hospital

Dallas, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

STU 072015-022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id