2022
Primary Care Associated With Follow Up Viral Load Testing in Patients Cured of Hepatitis C Infection With Direct Acting Antivirals at a Multidisciplinary Addiction Treatment Program: Insights From a Real-World Setting
Haque LY, Butner JL, Shi JM, Henry S, Deng Y, Ciarleglio MM, Madden LM, Tetrault JM. Primary Care Associated With Follow Up Viral Load Testing in Patients Cured of Hepatitis C Infection With Direct Acting Antivirals at a Multidisciplinary Addiction Treatment Program: Insights From a Real-World Setting. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2022, 16: 333-339. PMID: 34483278, PMCID: PMC9033626, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virus infectionUrine toxicology resultsDirect acting antiviralsViral load testingSubstance use disordersAddiction treatment programsHCV reinfectionActing antiviralsToxicology resultsUse disordersDirect acting antiviral therapyTreatment programReal-world clinical settingHCV reinfection ratesActing antiviral (DAA) therapyC virus infectionHepatitis C infectionMedical service useCohort of patientsPrimary medical careSubstance use statusAddiction treatment settingsQuality improvement initiativesHCV cureC infection
2020
Co-Located hepatitis C virus infection treatment within an opioid treatment program promotes opioid agonist treatment retention
Severe B, Tetrault JM, Madden L, Heimer R. Co-Located hepatitis C virus infection treatment within an opioid treatment program promotes opioid agonist treatment retention. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 213: 108116. PMID: 32599493, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid treatment programsOpioid use disorderOpioid agonist treatmentHCV treatmentOUD treatmentTreatment retentionHepatitis C virus infection treatmentControl groupSurvival analysisHepatitis C virus infectionTreatment programHCV care continuumC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionOutcomes of interestHCV infectionAgonist treatmentPatient retentionCare continuumVirus infectionTreatment groupsUse disordersPatientsBaseline covariatesInfection treatment