Using an App to Improve Hepatitis C Care

This study is testing a patient-centered electronic app designed to help people with Hepatitis C (HCV) understand their condition better. The app will use your lab results to show you how your liver is doing and provide personalized information about your HCV disease. Researchers want to see if using this app helps more people with HCV get linked to care, start treatment, and achieve a cure. You may be able to join if you are an adult (18-100 years old) who has tested positive for HCV at Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department and do not have HCV RNA information. The study aims to enroll 308 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This is a randomized controlled clinical trial involving an estimated 308 participants. It will compare the impact of the educational app on HCV patients.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed to measure linkage to care rates for 28 months.

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NCT04162938

Use of a Patient-Centered Electronic App to Increase ED Patient's Knowledge on HCV to Improve the HCV Care Continuum

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
Johns Hopkins University
~308 participants
Updated 2026-07-28 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Patient-Centered Electronic App

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Linkage to care rate (days)
Measured over 28 months
Hepatitis C
1 sites across 1 states
Maryland1
  • Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Johns Hopkins University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Johns Hopkins Hospital ED patient
18 years or older
HCV positive without HCV RNA information

Exclusion

Younger than 18 years of age
Unable to provide informed consent
Altered mental status
Incarcerated
Critically ill
  • Linkage to care rate (days)28 months

    Linkage to care rate is defined as the time (days) between patient enrollment and the patient's first HCV-related clinic visit.