Hepatitis C Among Opioid Addicts in Opioid Maintenance Treatment in Zurich, Switzerland (HepCOP)

This study has been completed.
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Collaborator:
University of Zurich
Information provided by:
Seidenberg, Arztpraxis A., M.D.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00473993
First received: May 15, 2007
Last updated: February 13, 2009
Last verified: May 2007

May 15, 2007
February 13, 2009
July 2007
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Hepatitis C Among Opioid Addicts in Opioid Maintenance Treatment in Zurich, Switzerland
Hepatitis C Bei Opioidabhängigen in Der Praxis, Eine Querschnittsuntersuchung

Hepatitis C viral infection is common among opioid addicts in Zurich, Switzerland. The majority undergoes a maintenance treatment with methadone, heroin or buprenorphine. While stabilized by an opioid maintenance treatment (OMT)chronic hepatitis C can be treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. As not sufficiently known, the results are comparable to the results of the treatment of nonaddicts.

Our crossectional study investigates how many patients undergoing OMT are adequately investigated concerning hepatitis C. If not, why are they not adequately investigated and treated? Representative data are collected in the local clinics and medical practices involved in OMT in the Kanton of Zurich. The patients files are revised and the involved doctors are asked through a structured interview.

www.seidenberg.ch/hepcop.pdf

Observational
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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Patients in opioid maintenance treatment in the kanton of Zurich, Switzerland

  • Hepatitis C, Chronic
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
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December 2007
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Inclusion Criteria:

  • Medical practices and clinics involved in opioid maintenance treatment in the Kanton of Zurich, Switzerland
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NCT00473993
HepCOP Zurich
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Seidenberg, Arztpraxis A., M.D.
University of Zurich
Study Director: André Seidenberg, Dr.med. research fellow EHAM, University of Zurich
Seidenberg, Arztpraxis A., M.D.
May 2007

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