Adherence to opioid agonist therapy predicts uptake of direct-acting antivirals in people who use drugs: results from the French national healthcare database (the ANRS FANTASIO study)

• Main Authors: Benjamin Rolland (Author), Caroline Lions (Author), Vincent Di Beo (Author), Patrizia Carrieri (Author), Nicolas Authier (Author), Tangui Barré (Author), Jessica Delorme (Author), Philippe Mathurin (Author), François Bailly (Author), Camelia Protopopescu (Author), Fabienne Marcellin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is associated with reduced injection, reduced HCV transmission, and more opportunities to initiate hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in people who use drugs (PWUD). We aimed to study the extent to which adherence to OAT was predictive of increased upt...