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The purpose of this study is to identify patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who were lost of follow up and relinkage them to hepatitis C care
The investigators will review electronic medical charts to identify patients with HCV diagnosis. Next, investigators will evaluate if these patients are routinely followed by liver specialists at the Institution. Those patients who were lost of follow up will be reached to evaluate their disease and eventually offer them to restart HCV care.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients under routine hepatitis C care | Patients who are routinely followed at the treating institution. Investigators will evaluate baseline demographic, liver fibrosis stage, liver-related complications, and antiviral therapy. | ||
| Patients with hepatitis C lost of follow-up | Patients who were lost of follow-up. Participants will be contacted to evaluate if the continued HCV care at another institution, were not routinely followed by a liver-specialist or if they died. Investigators will also evaluate baseline demographic, liver fibrosis stage, liver-related complications, and antiviral therapy. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with hepatitis C lost follow up | Other | Patients with chronic HCV who were lost of follow up will be contacted by phone or email. At least 3 phone calls will be made on three different days. In case the patient is not contacted it will be considered lost of follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of participants who were lost of follow up | Participants are going to be contacted by phone or email to evaluate if they are under HCV care | through study completion, an average of 6 months |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Adult patients with history of chronic HCV infection who were lost of follow up.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Manuel Mendizabal, MD | Contact | +5491140332244 | mmendiza@cas.austral.edu.ar |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Marcelo O Silva, MD | Austral University, Argentina | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Universidad Austral | Pilar | Buenos Aires | 1629 | Argentina |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006526 | Hepatitis C |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D000086982 | Blood-Borne Infections |
| D003141 | Communicable Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D006525 | Hepatitis, Viral, Human |
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| D018178 |
| Flaviviridae Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D006505 | Hepatitis |
| D008107 | Liver Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |