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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Substance Use and Adherence to HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex with Men1

Martin HoeniglComments to Author , Sonia Jain, David Moore, Deborah Collins, Xiaoying Sun, Peter L. Anderson, Katya Corado, Jill S. Blumenthal, Eric S. Daar, Joel Milam, Michael P. Dubé, Sheldon Morris, and for the California Collaborative Treatment Group 595 Team
Author affiliations: Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (M. Hoenigl); University of California, San Diego, California, USA (M. Hoenigl, S. Jain, D. Moore, X. Sun, J.S. Blumenthal, S. Morris); Department of Health and Human Services, Long Beach, California, USA (D. Collins); University of Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA (P.L. Anderson); Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA (K. Corado, E.S. Daar); University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA (J. Milam, M.P. Dubé)

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Table 4

Cox regression models used for assessing substance use and early study termination and incident STIs among MSM and transgender women, California, USA*

Model HR (95% CI) p value
Model 1
Intervention arm (receiving individualized texting for adherence to daily TDF/FTC) 1.377 (0.862–2.200) 0.180
Baseline some substance use (any) 0.743 (0.426–1.293) 0.293
Baseline frequent substance use (any) 0.541 (0.304–0.961) 0.036
Model 2
Intervention arm 0.924 (0.671–1.272) 0.626
Age 0.973 (0.955–0.992) 0.005
Baseline some stimulant use 2.690 (1.727–4.190) <0.001
Baseline frequent stimulant use 2.604 (1.665–4.072) <0.001
Positive STI test result at baseline 1.450 (1.031–2.039) 0.033

*Model 1 assessed the effect of baseline substance use on early study termination. Model 2 assessed the association of stimulant use and incident STIs during the study. FTC, emtricitibine; HR, hazard ratio; MSM, men who have sex with men; STI, sexually transmitted infection; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.

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1Original data from this study were presented in part at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 13–16, 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA; and at the 12th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, June 4–6, 2017, Miami, Florida, USA.

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