2017
A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan
Azbel L, Rozanova J, Michels I, Altice FL, Stöver H. A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan. Harm Reduction Journal 2017, 14: 43. PMID: 28693573, PMCID: PMC5504733, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0168-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse disordersDrug useMethadone maintenance therapy programInjection drug useOpioid use disorderTherapeutic communitySubstance use disordersAddiction treatment outcomesCommunity staff membersLack of evidenceMethadone patientsTreatment optionsTreatment outcomesFuture treatmentTherapy programEvidence baseConvenience samplePatientsHigh rateLack of servicesPost-release programsPolicy documentsDisordersResultsOur analysisParticipant observation
2016
Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study
Wegman MP, Altice FL, Kaur S, Rajandaran V, Osornprasop S, Wilson D, Wilson DP, Kamarulzaman A. Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study. The Lancet Global Health 2016, 5: e198-e207. PMID: 27964869, PMCID: PMC5657487, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30303-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoluntary drug treatment centresCompulsory drug detention centersOpioid-dependent individualsProspective observational studyOpioid relapseTwo-armObservational studyTreatment centersEvidence-based pharmacological therapyHazard ratio reductionUrinary drug testingDrug testsOpioid agonist treatmentDoris Duke Charitable FoundationOpioid use disorderUrine drug testsMethadone treatment centersAssessed individualsDrug treatment centersNational InstituteEvidence-based treatmentsSubstance use disordersMedical Research CouncilAustralian National HealthVTC participantsElbasvir-Grazoprevir to Treat Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Randomized Trial.
Dore GJ, Altice F, Litwin AH, Dalgard O, Gane EJ, Shibolet O, Luetkemeyer A, Nahass R, Peng CY, Conway B, Grebely J, Howe AY, Gendrano IN, Chen E, Huang HC, Dutko FJ, Nickle DC, Nguyen BY, Wahl J, Barr E, Robertson MN, Platt HL. Elbasvir-Grazoprevir to Treat Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Randomized Trial. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2016, 165: 625-634. PMID: 27537841, DOI: 10.7326/m16-0816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAntiviral AgentsBenzofuransBuprenorphineBuprenorphine, Naloxone Drug CombinationDouble-Blind MethodDrug CombinationsDrug Resistance, ViralFemaleGenotypeHepatitis C, ChronicHumansImidazolesMaleMedication AdherenceMethadoneMiddle AgedOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersQuinoxalinesRecurrenceSubstance Abuse, IntravenousYoung AdultConceptsDeferred-treatment groupOpioid agonist therapyImmediate treatment groupHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionElbasvir-grazoprevirDrug useProbable reinfectionAgonist therapyHCV infectionViral recurrenceAdverse eventsVirus infectionChronic HCV genotype 1Double-blind trialGenotype 3 infectionTreatment-naive patientsHCV genotype 1Interferon-free HCV treatmentOngoing drug useVirologic responseHCV therapyHCV treatmentPrimary outcomeGenotype 1
2013
Understanding the Revolving Door: Individual and Structural-Level Predictors of Recidivism Among Individuals with HIV Leaving Jail
Fu JJ, Herme M, Wickersham JA, Zelenev A, Althoff A, Zaller ND, Bazazi AR, Avery AK, Porterfield J, Jordan AO, Simon-Levine D, Lyman M, Altice FL. Understanding the Revolving Door: Individual and Structural-Level Predictors of Recidivism Among Individuals with HIV Leaving Jail. AIDS And Behavior 2013, 17: 145-155. PMID: 24037440, PMCID: PMC4049299, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0590-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCriminal LawFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services Needs and DemandHIV InfectionsHumansIll-Housed PersonsLogistic ModelsMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrisonersPrisonsRecurrenceSocial AdjustmentSocioeconomic FactorsSubstance-Related DisordersVulnerable PopulationsConceptsJail releasePoor health outcomesMajor psychiatric disordersIndex incarcerationCriminal justice involvementHealth of individualsHigh riskPsychiatric disordersHIVHealth outcomesHealth interventionsPotential targetHealth insuranceIncarceration historyJustice involvementInterventionPredictorsHealthIndividualsPrior homelessness