Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients (CHIP)

Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients (CHIP) is a 1-year demonstration project that will assess the feasibility of a HCV treatment program in the San Francisco City & County Jail. The Jail Health Services will treat 100 patients using the FDA approved combination treatment, sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, Epclusa® and will continue their treatment during incarceration and after their release (if applicable).

Curing HCV in Incarcerated Patients (CHIP) is a 1-year demonstration project that will be conducted in the San Francisco County Jails. Jail settings can provide an optimal opportunity to screen for HCV, initiate curative treatment, and link patients to community HCV providers to complete their treatment. This demonstration project will be funded by the Gilead's Investigator Sponsored Research. The purpose is to assess the feasibility of treating inmates with the FDA approved combination oral treatment, sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, Epclusa®. The San Francisco Department of Public Health's Jail Health Services will treat 100 patients. Intensive patient navigators will be an essential component for treatment to ensure medication adherence and achieve SVR for those who are discharged from jail prior to HCV treatment completion. Navigators will provide short-term case management services by linking patients to medical and social support services. This demonstration project will be facilitated by the Jail Health Services' HIV & Integrated Services (formerly Forensic AIDS Project).

Hepatitis C, Chronic, Jail, Patient Navigation, Incarcerated Population, HCV, Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir, Hepatitis C

This a single group demonstration project in which, patients are treated with the FDA-approved drug, Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir (Epclusa). If a patients is released during their treatment regimen, they will receive patient navigation services to continue their care and treatment in the community.

Implementing HCV treatment in the jails using FDA-approved medications and continuing there treatment in the community if they are released during their treatment regimen.

The primary objective is to implement a feasible HCV treatment program in an urban jail setting, City & County of San Francisco, over a 12 month period, with demonstration of a SVR12 of 70% or greater among inmates who initiates HCV treatment

Inclusion Criteria: a detectable HCV viral load no medical contraindications to treatment, including limited life expectancy of less than 12-months due to non-liver related comorbid conditions or renal failure with creatinine clearance of < 30 mL/min. Must start HCV treatment while detained HIV positive or negative status HBV positive or negative status treatment-naïve or experienced with or without cirrhosis Exclusion Criteria: a limited life expectancy of less than 12-months due to non-liver related comorbid conditions current or history of decompensated cirrhosis, defined as presence of ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, or variceal bleeding within the past 6 months. severe renal impairment defined as creatinine clearance of < 30 mL/min or end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis pregnant

No IPD will be shared with other outside researchers who are not participating in this pilot demonstration project.