A single-site randomized controlled trial of partner navigation to HCV treatment for people who inject drugs: a study protocol for the You're Empowered for Treatment Initiation (YETI) partner trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities persist in testing and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV), leaving socially marginalized populations, including people who inject drugs (PWID), less likely to benefit from curative treatment. Linkage services are often insufficient to overcome barriers to navigating the medical system and contextual factors.

Methods

The You're Empowered for Treatment Initiation (YETI) Partner trial is a single-site randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a two-session behavioral intervention that engages injecting partners as peer navigators for HCV treatment. We aim to recruit 250 PWID and their primary injecting partners in San Francisco, California, randomizing them 1:1 to either a control or intervention group. The primary outcome is the initiatio

SUBMITTER: Morris MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature