French cities launch community push to wipe out hepatitis c in drug users
NCT ID NCT05794646
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study aims to eliminate hepatitis C among people who use drugs in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Fort-de-France. Researchers will screen participants, provide immediate treatment, and use a peer-referral system to reach more people. The goal is to see if this community-based approach can effectively cure hepatitis C and reduce its spread.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hepatitis C antiviral treatment
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show a practical way to eliminate hepatitis C in high-risk communities, reducing transmission and liver disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is an implementation study, not a drug trial, so it tests feasibility rather than a new cure. Success depends on community participation and follow-up, which may be challenging.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 3,400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion criteria: * Age \> 18 years; * Person who uses drugs, defined as: * Reported psychoactive substance use and * Positive urine test for at least one of the following: heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), ecstasy, or misused opioid medications (methadone, buprenorphine or opiates used for a reason other than its original prescription (effects seeking) or used in a way that does not comply with its marketing authorisation (injected, snorted, taken multiple times beyond the prescribed dosage)) ; * Informed and signed consent Exclusion criteria: * Inability to understand the study; * Being under guardianship, curatorship or mandate of future protection; * Person participating in another research study with an exclusion period still in progress at the time of pre-inclusion.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lyon
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69000, France
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Marseille
Marseille, PACA, 13000, France
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Martinique
Fort-de-France, Martinique, 97200, Martinique
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Paris
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75000, France
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