Reduction in Depressive Symptoms in People who Inject Drugs who Are Cured of Hepatitis C Virus Infection : The HERO Study

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

Background: Depressive symptoms are prevalent among people who inject drugs (PWID) and people with hepatitis C virus (HCV). We examined changes in depressive symptoms among HCV-infected PWID following direct-acting antiviral treatments to evaluate whether these changes differed by history of depressive symptoms, substance use, or HCV treatment outcome.

Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the HERO Study (NCT02824640), a pragmatic randomized clinical trial among PWID, to test the effectiveness of HCV care models. Depressive symptoms (primary outcome) were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at baseline, end of treatment (EOT), and at follow-up 12 and 24 weeks after EOT. Sustained virologic response (SVR) was defined as undetectable HCV RNA at ≥12 weeks following EOT. Baseline drug use was defined as having a positive urine screening test for amphetamine, methamphetamine, benzodiazepine, cocaine, cannabis, opiate, or oxycodone.

Results: The sample (n = 498) was 72.3% male, 64.2% White, and on average 43.9 years old. In patients who achieved SVR (F(3432) = 4.58; P = .004) and those with drug use at baseline (F(3478) = 5.11; P < .01), PHQ-9 scores significantly declined over time, with scores lower at EOT and both follow-ups as compared with baseline. Mean PHQ-9 scores at EOT and follow-ups were significantly lower than at baseline, except for those with no depression or mild depression at baseline.

Conclusions: This study showed that HCV treatment in PWID is associated with sustained declines in depression up to 24 weeks post-treatment among those who achieve SVR and that drug use does not interfere with improvement in depressive symptoms.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Open forum infectious diseases - 10(2023), 11 vom: 07. Nov., Seite ofad498

Sprache:

Englisch

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Pericot-Valverde, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Lopes, Snehal S [VerfasserIn]
Nahvi, Shadi [VerfasserIn]
Thrasher, James F [VerfasserIn]
Karasz, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Lynn E [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Shruti H [VerfasserIn]
Lum, Paula J [VerfasserIn]
Tsui, Judith I [VerfasserIn]
Page, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Feinberg, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Arthur Y [VerfasserIn]
Norton, Brianna L [VerfasserIn]
Arnsten, Julia H [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Artamendi, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Heo, Moonseong [VerfasserIn]
Litwin, Alain [VerfasserIn]
HERO Research Group [VerfasserIn]
Litwin, Alain H [Sonstige Person]
Heo, Moonseong [Sonstige Person]
Pericot-Valverde, Irene [Sonstige Person]
Walker, Hagan [Sonstige Person]
Coleman, And Ashley [Sonstige Person]
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Themen:

DAA medication
Depression
HCV
Journal Article
PWID

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Date Revised 11.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofad498

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NLM365147028