2022
Predictors of abstinence, no heavy drinking days, and a 2‐level reduction in World Health Organization drinking levels during treatment for alcohol use disorder in the COMBINE study
Wallach JD, Gueorguieva R, Phan H, Witkiewitz K, Wu R, O'Malley SS. Predictors of abstinence, no heavy drinking days, and a 2‐level reduction in World Health Organization drinking levels during treatment for alcohol use disorder in the COMBINE study. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 1331-1339. PMID: 35616436, PMCID: PMC9887652, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeavy drinking daysWeeks of treatmentAlcohol use disorderDependence Scale scoresDrinking daysScale scoreDays abstinentPredictors of abstinenceConsecutive weeksUse disordersDrinking levelsCOMBINE StudyOlder subjectsRandomized placebo-controlled trialPlacebo-controlled trialEfficacy of naltrexoneMultiple patient characteristicsTrials of medicationsBehavioral intervention studyPatient characteristicsFuture trialsBaseline variablesCombined PharmacotherapiesYoung subjectsComplete abstinence
2015
Predictors of Abstinence From Heavy Drinking During Follow-Up in COMBINE.
Gueorguieva R, Wu R, Fucito LM, O'Malley SS. Predictors of Abstinence From Heavy Drinking During Follow-Up in COMBINE. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2015, 76: 935-41. PMID: 26562602, PMCID: PMC4712662, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesBetter long-term outcomesBetter clinical outcomesDrinking outcomesHeavy drinking daysLogistic regression analysisStrongest predictorLogistic regression modelsPredictors of abstinenceFair classification accuracyPatient characteristicsClinical outcomesTerm outcomesCombined PharmacotherapiesClinical trialsBaseline predictorsTreatment outcomesTreatment phaseOptimizing outcomesDrinking daysBetter outcomesAlcohol Dependence (COMBINE) StudyBehavioral interventionsHeavy drinkingAlternative interventions
2013
Temporal patterns of adherence to medications and behavioral treatment and their relationship to patient characteristics and treatment response
Gueorguieva R, Wu R, Krystal JH, Donovan D, O'Malley SS. Temporal patterns of adherence to medications and behavioral treatment and their relationship to patient characteristics and treatment response. Addictive Behaviors 2013, 38: 2119-2127. PMID: 23435273, PMCID: PMC3595348, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercent heavy drinking daysAdherence trajectoriesExcellent adherersPercent days abstinentPatient characteristicsMedication adherenceTreatment outcomesMedication adherence trajectoriesPatterns of treatmentHeavy drinking daysPatterns of adherenceExcellent medication adherenceLack of benefitTrajectories of adherenceIntervention main effectsActive medicationAdverse eventsPharmacologic treatmentHigher percent days abstinentTreatment adherenceTreatment modalitiesWorse outcomesTreatment responseDays abstinentDrinking days
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