Intervention of HIV, Drug Use and the Criminal Justice System in Malaysia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relative impact a medical drug (methadone) or behavioral counseling program (Holistic Health Recovery Program) or both (methadone and Holistic Health Recovery Program) has on reducing HIV-related risk behaviors and illicit drug use among opioid-dependent, HIV-infected individuals in prison when given 90 to 180 days prior to leaving prison.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); University of Malaya
• Treatments: Methadone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• HIV-infected

• Clinical Diagnosis of Opioid Dependence

• Fluent in Bahasa Malaysia or English

• Within 90 to 180 days of release from prison

• Planning to live in Klang Valley region after release from prison

• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant (female only)