Overview

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)