Injecting risk behaviours following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The Australian Trial in Acute Hepatitis C

M Alavi, T Spelman, GV Matthews, PS Haber… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background A barrier to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment among people who inject drugs
(PWID) has been a concern that interferon-based HCV treatment may increase injecting risk …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting repeated cessations of injecting drug use and relapses during the entire injecting career among the Edinburgh Addiction Cohort

Y Xia, S Seaman, M Hickman, J Macleod… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background and aims Injecting drug use is a chronic condition, with people who inject drugs
(PWID) typically experiencing repeated cessations and relapses during their injection …

High-risk behaviors after release from incarceration among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia

JA Cepeda, LM Niccolai, A Lyubimova… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Injection drug use, infectious disease, and incarceration are inextricably linked
in Russia. We aimed to identify factors associated with time to relapse (first opioid injection …

Defining populations and injecting parameters among people who inject drugs: implications for the assessment of hepatitis C treatment programs

S Larney, J Grebely, M Hickman, D De Angelis… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is considerable interest in determining the impact that increased uptake of treatment
for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection will have on the burden of HCV among people who …

[HTML][HTML] Are interferon-free direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of HCV enough to control the epidemic among people who inject drugs?

VD Lima, I Rozada, J Grebely, M Hull, L Lourenco… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Widely access to interferon-free direct-acting antiviral regimens (IFN-free DAA)
is poised to dramatically change the impact of the HCV epidemic among people who inject …

Potential bias due to outcome‐related loss to follow‐up in cohort studies on incidence of drug injection: systematic review and meta‐analysis

L Sordo, MJ Bravo, G Barrio, BI Indave… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims A systematic review and meta‐analysis were conducted to synthesize results from
cohort studies on initiation into drug injection among vulnerable populations, to quantify …

[HTML][HTML] Screening for homelessness among individuals initiating medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the Veterans Health Administration

MA Bachhuber, CB Roberts, S Metraux… - Journal of opioid …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To determine the prevalence of homelessness and risk for homelessness among
veterans with opioid use disorder initiating treatment. Setting: Addiction treatment programs …

Cessation of injecting drug use: The effects of health service utilisation, drug use and demographic factors

D Nambiar, PA Agius, M Stoove, M Hickman… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Injecting drug use is associated with a range of harms, however cessation of
injecting is rare. There is a lack of evidence on factors associated with cessation, notably …

Hepatitis C vaccine clinical trials among people who use drugs: potential for participation and involvement in recruitment

AM Young, DB Stephens, HA Khaleel… - Contemporary clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Candidate prophylactic HCV vaccines are approaching phase III clinical trial readiness, yet
little is known about the potential for participation among target groups or innovative ways to …

Enforced abstinence from tobacco during in‐patient dual‐diagnosis treatment improves substance abuse treatment outcomes in smokers

EB Stuyt - The American journal on addictions, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives Although the prevalence of tobacco use in those in substance
abuse treatment is known to be quite high, most treatment programs do not address tobacco …