Lewis 2016.

Methods	Cluster randomised trial
Participants	40 patients in intervention group. Mean age: 40 (8.4). 65 patients in control group. Mean age: 42 (8,5) 80% male in intervention group, 74% male in control group
Interventions	Intervention: patients allocated to nurse‐initiated antiviral therapy Control: patients allocated to doctor‐initiated antiviral therapy Detailed description of the intervention: Patients without contraindications to nurse‐led therapy were offered immediate antiviral therapy administered by their Blood Borne Virus Team nurse in their outreach clinic without physician assessment. Patients who did not fulfil the safety criteria for the ‘nurse led’ treatment arm were referred to one of the specialist addiction units for treatment, that is, were managed according to current standard of care. Supervision, oversight: unknown
Outcomes	Proportion of participants initiating treatment during follow‐up Adherence Side effects of the treatment Adverse events
Notes	Country: UK Study period: 24‐48 weeks Nurse role: administration of antiviral therapy Nurse title: Blood Borne Virus nurses Nurse educational background: unknown Nurse years of experience: unknown Nurse additional training: unknown