New Articles from CTN-0049 (Project HOPE) and CTN-0073 (PROUD)

January 8, 2023

Added to the CTN Dissemination Library recently:

Differential effects of patient navigation across latent profiles of barriers to care among people living with HIV and comorbid conditions.
Traynor SM, et al. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2023;12:114.

This paper reports on a study analyzing data from CTN-0049 (Project HOPE) to see if patient navigation interventions (with and without contingency management) are effective at increasing engagement in HIV care and viral suppression for people living with HIV. Find it in the CTN Dissemination Library.

Baseline representativeness of patients in clinics enrolled in the PRimary care Opioid Use Disorders treatment (PROUD) trial: Comparison of trial and non-trial clinics in the same health systems.
Wartko PD, et al. BMC Health Services Research 2022;2:1593.

In this paper, researchers report on an analysis comparing patients in participating and non-participating clinics from the same health systems at baseline in the PROUD trial (CTN-0074) to see if there are any differences between patients in clinics willing and able to participate in trials and those that aren’t.