2010
Treatment of medical, psychiatric, and substance-use comorbidities in people infected with HIV who use drugs
Altice FL, Kamarulzaman A, Soriano VV, Schechter M, Friedland GH. Treatment of medical, psychiatric, and substance-use comorbidities in people infected with HIV who use drugs. The Lancet 2010, 376: 367-387. PMID: 20650518, PMCID: PMC4855280, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60829-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAnti-HIV AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsAntitubercular AgentsAntiviral AgentsBacterial InfectionsComorbidityCriminal LawDrug InteractionsDrug Resistance, BacterialEvidence-Based MedicineHepatitis, Viral, HumanHIV InfectionsHumansMedication AdherenceMental DisordersNarcoticsPrisonersSubstance-Related DisordersTuberculosisConceptsSubstance use disordersDrug usersAntiretroviral therapyViral hepatitisHIV treatmentHealth of HIVPharmacokinetic drug interactionsSubstance use comorbiditiesMedication-assisted therapyEvidence-based treatmentsDrug-resistant strainsHealth-related outcomesHealth service deliveryInfectious complicationsMultiple comorbiditiesHIV infectionPsychiatric comorbidityPoor adherenceClinical managementCardiovascular diseaseInadequate prescriptionCongregate settingsDrug interactionsComorbiditiesHIV
2007
Superiority of Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy over Self-Administered Therapy among HIV-Infected Drug Users: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial
Altice FL, Maru DS, Bruce RD, Springer SA, Friedland GH. Superiority of Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy over Self-Administered Therapy among HIV-Infected Drug Users: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007, 45: 770-778. PMID: 17712763, PMCID: PMC2693907, DOI: 10.1086/521166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNA levelsSelf-administered therapyT-lymphocyte countsDrug usersAntiretroviral therapyLymphocyte countRNA levelsPrimary outcomeProportion of patientsGreater mean reductionHIV treatment programsLog10 copies/Human immunodeficiency virusCopies/mLDAART groupVirologic outcomesSecondary outcomesControlled TrialsImmunodeficiency virusPoor adherenceTreatment adherenceEntry criteriaTreat approachCopies/Mean change
2005
Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence
Mannheimer S, Matts J, Telzak E, Chesney M, Child C, Wu A, Friedland G, Aids F. Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence. AIDS Care 2005, 17: 10-22. PMID: 15832830, DOI: 10.1080/09540120412331305098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyART adherenceQOL scoresQuality of lifeTerry Beirn Community ProgramsNewer ART regimensSummary QoL scoresCells/mm3Mean QOL scoreAntiretroviral clinical trialsHigher QoL scoresBaseline CD4ART regimensART-naïveHIV populationMean agePoor adherenceSF-12Clinical trialsImproved QoLClinical researchQoLAdherenceMonthsHIV
2002
The Consistency of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Predicts Biologic Outcomes for Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Persons in Clinical Trials
Mannheimer S, Friedland G, Matts J, Child C, Chesney M, AIDS T. The Consistency of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Predicts Biologic Outcomes for Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Persons in Clinical Trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002, 34: 1115-1121. PMID: 11915001, DOI: 10.1086/339074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV RNA levelsHuman immunodeficiency virusImmunodeficiency virusClinical trialsRNA levelsPlasma HIV RNA levelsBiologic outcomesConsistency of adherenceCopies/mLMulticenter clinical trialAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countMonth 12Nonwhite racePoor adherenceAdherence levelsAdherence patternsOlder ageGood adherenceAdherenceCells/TrialsVisitsOutcomesParticipants