2022
Factors associated with retention on medications for opioid use disorder among a cohort of adults seeking treatment in the community
Biondi BE, Vander Wyk B, Schlossberg EF, Shaw A, Springer SA. Factors associated with retention on medications for opioid use disorder among a cohort of adults seeking treatment in the community. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2022, 17: 15. PMID: 35255967, PMCID: PMC8899775, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00299-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderHigher pain interferenceMOUD retentionPain interferenceUse disordersOngoing prospective cohort studySevere opioid use disorderProspective cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionCohort of adultsMethadone doseAnalgesic effectBuprenorphine doseCohort studyOpioid useResultsA totalHigher oddsMOUDAdjusted modelHigh doseLogistic regressionBuprenorphineMethadoneDoseDiscontinuation
2020
Hazardous alcohol use, antiretroviral therapy receipt, and viral suppression in people living with HIV who inject drugs in the United States, India, Russia, and Vietnam.
Wagman JA, Wynn A, Matsuzaki M, Gnatienko N, Metsch LR, Del Rio C, Feaster DJ, Nance RM, Whitney BM, Delaney JAC, Kahana SY, Crane HM, Chandler RK, Elliott JC, Altice F, Lucas GM, Mehta SH, Hirsch-Moverman Y, El-Sadr WM, Vu Q, Nguyen Thanh B, Springer SA, Tsui JI, Samet JH. Hazardous alcohol use, antiretroviral therapy receipt, and viral suppression in people living with HIV who inject drugs in the United States, India, Russia, and Vietnam. AIDS 2020, 34: 2285-2294. PMID: 33048870, PMCID: PMC7951611, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazardous alcohol useFormer injection drug useART receiptViral suppressionInjection drug useLow-middle income countriesAlcohol useAntiretroviral therapyMiddle-income countriesDrug useAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scoresHIV viral suppressionAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestDisorders Identification TestTherapy receiptHIV continuumMean ageHigh-income countriesCare outcomesLogistic regressionUpper middle-income countriesPLHIVDrugsIdentification TestHIV
2019
Self-reported antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral load in criminal justice-involved populations
Cunningham WE, Nance RM, Golin CE, Flynn P, Knight K, Beckwith CG, Kuo I, Spaulding A, Taxman FS, Altice F, Delaney JA, Crane HM, Springer SA. Self-reported antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral load in criminal justice-involved populations. BMC Infectious Diseases 2019, 19: 913. PMID: 31664910, PMCID: PMC6819597, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4443-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral loadART adherenceAdherence measuresSelf-reported antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherenceCriminal justice-involved populationsSelf-reported ART adherenceLogistic regressionSelf-reported health statusContinuum of HIVDetectable viral loadPlasma viral loadAIDS Research NetworkAntiretroviral therapy adherenceAssociation of adherenceHealth status levelsVisual analog scaleViral load dataMixed-effects logistic regressionMixed effects linear regressionEffects linear regressionJustice-involved populationsEffects logistic regressionVL outcomesCD4 countART doses
2016
Determinants of willingness to enroll in opioid agonist treatment among opioid dependent people who inject drugs in Ukraine
Makarenko I, Mazhnaya A, Polonsky M, Marcus R, Bojko MJ, Filippovych S, Springer S, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. Determinants of willingness to enroll in opioid agonist treatment among opioid dependent people who inject drugs in Ukraine. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2016, 165: 213-220. PMID: 27370527, PMCID: PMC5094181, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist treatmentAdjusted odds ratioOpioid use disorderAgonist treatmentUse disordersSignificant adjusted odds ratiosMultivariable logistic regressionHIV-negative statusPatient-level interventionsOpioid-dependent peopleInjection frequencyHIV statusOdds ratioRecent overdoseIndependent factorsPWIDLogistic regressionPrevious imprisonmentHigher injection frequencySignificant correlatesPrior incarcerationFamily supportDisordersDrugsIntervention