Tran Viet Ha, Irving F Hoffman, William C Miller, Katie R Mollan, Kathryn E Lancaster, Paul Richardson, Oleksandr Zeziulin, Zubairi Djoerban, Teerada Sripaipan, Viet Anh Chu, Xu Guo, Brett Hanscom, Vivian F Go
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Drug use type and frequency may affect Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) uptake for HIV-infected people who inject drugs (PWID). This paper assesses the association between self-reported baseline drug use and ART among HIV-infected PWID in Indonesia, Ukraine and Vietnam. METHODS: Data on self-reported baseline drug use and ART among HIV-infected PWID at the 26- and 52-week follow-ups were extracted from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 074, a randomized, controlled vanguard study to facilitate HIV treatment for PWID in Indonesia, Ukraine, and Vietnam...
2022: Journal of Substance Use