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Implementation of STTR Strategies Among People Who Inject Drugs in Malaysia

NCT03987282 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 560

Last updated 2025-05-11

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Summary

This pragmatic, multisite, implementation and effectiveness research evaluates a strategy to improve HIV treatment outcomes (increased rates of patients on ART with virological suppression, improved treatment retention and ART adherence) for people living with HIV (PLWH) with opioid use disorder (OUD). Engaging 4 large regional HIV/AIDS treatment centers in Malaysia, the study will evaluate barriers and facilitators for implementation of improved care model and will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the model in a clinical trial. The research will provide critically important evidence for implementation of effective Seek-Test-Treat, and Retain models for PLWH and OUD throughout Malaysia and inform healthcare policy in other low to middle income countries and regions with limited healthcare resources.

Conditions

  • HIV Seropositivity
  • Opioid-use Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced usual care (EUC)

Provision of ART and medical care for HIV and other medical HIV co-morbidities provided at the HIV/AIDS treatment center with an expedited and facilitated referral to a methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).

BEHAVIORAL

Peer-based counseling

Peer-based counseling intervention focused on behavioral skills and strategies that patients can learn and master to achieve uninterrupted, long-term ART treatment participation while continuing OUD recovery through MMT

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universiti Sains Malaysia

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marek C Chawarski, PhD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-26
Primary Completion
2026-03-31
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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