2022
Periods of Homelessness Linked to Higher VACS Index Among HIV-Positive People Who Use Drugs
Reddon H, Socias ME, Justice A, Cui Z, Nosova E, Barrios R, Fairbairn N, Marshall BDL, Milloy M. Periods of Homelessness Linked to Higher VACS Index Among HIV-Positive People Who Use Drugs. AIDS And Behavior 2022, 26: 1739-1749. PMID: 35064852, PMCID: PMC9150923, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03524-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV disease progressionART adherenceDisease progressionAntiretroviral therapyVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexVACS Index scoreSignificant risk factorsHIV-positive peopleVACS IndexCause mortalityProspective cohortRisk factorsMortality riskIndex scoreStudy indicesAdherenceProgressionLongitudinal relationshipHIVImpact of homelessnessPWUDUnregulated drugsAssociationDrugsFuture studies
2020
The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index Predicts Mortality in a Community-recruited Cohort of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Who Use Illicit Drugs
Reddon H, Grant C, Nosova E, Fairbairn N, Barrios R, Justice AC, Nolan S, Socias ME, Milloy MJ. The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index Predicts Mortality in a Community-recruited Cohort of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Who Use Illicit Drugs. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: 538-541. PMID: 32857842, PMCID: PMC8496478, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease severityStudy indicesCommunity-recruited cohortIllicit drugsVirus disease severityVACS IndexProspective cohortImmunodeficiency virusClinical biomarkersDisease severityStudy periodCohortMortalityDrugsIndexBiomarkersSeverity
2019
Life-Expectancy Disparities Among Adults With HIV in the United States and Canada: The Impact of a Reduction in Drug- and Alcohol-Related Deaths Using the Lives Saved Simulation Model
Althoff KN, Chandran A, Zhang J, Arevalo WM, Gange SJ, Sterling TR, Gill MJ, Justice AC, Palella FJ, Rebeiro PF, Silverberg MJ, Mayor AM, Horberg MA, Thorne JE, Rabkin CS, Mathews WC, Klein MB, Humes E, Lee J, Hogg R, Moore RD, Research and Design of IeDEA N. Life-Expectancy Disparities Among Adults With HIV in the United States and Canada: The Impact of a Reduction in Drug- and Alcohol-Related Deaths Using the Lives Saved Simulation Model. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2019, 188: 2097-2109. PMID: 31602475, PMCID: PMC7036649, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related deathsInjection drug useKey populationsLife expectancyDrug useHuman immunodeficiency virusLife expectancy benefitAge 20 yearsCause of deathCurrent opioid epidemicAlcohol-related mortalityAntiretroviral treatmentImmunodeficiency virusOpioid epidemicExpected life expectancyWhite womenSubstance useWhite menComparison groupDrugsDeathPLWHLife expectancy disparityMenBlack men
2008
Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice?
Mugavero M, May M, Harris R, Saag M, Costagliola D, Egger M, Phillips A, Günthard H, Dabis F, Hogg R, de Wolf F, Fatkenheuer G, Gill M, Justice A, D'Arminio Monforte A, Lampe F, Miró J, Staszewski S, Sterne J. Does short-term virologic failure translate to clinical events in antiretroviral-naïve patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice? AIDS 2008, 22: 2481-2492. PMID: 19005271, PMCID: PMC2793403, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328318f130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral-naïve patientsAntiretroviral therapyLopinavir/ritonavirVirologic failureClinical eventsThird drugART initiationCohort studyAntiretroviral Therapy Cohort CollaborationNaïve HIV-positive patientsHIV-positive patientsObservational cohort studyHIV Cohort StudyART regimenCohort CollaborationNaïve patientsClinical outcomesResidual confoundingClinical practicePatientsInhibitor backboneAbacavirNevirapineTherapyDrugs