Psychiatric care cuts drug harm in vietnam study
NCT ID NCT05886504
First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether providing mental health care to people who inject drugs can improve their mental health and reduce their risk of getting HIV or hepatitis C. Over 500 participants in Haiphong, Vietnam, received free psychiatric consultations, medications, and support from community members. The goal was to see if those with mental health conditions could achieve similar health outcomes as those without such conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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567 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Drive Mind II Psychiatric intervention group: Participants of the ANRS 12353/National Institue of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Region of Interest (ROI) DA 041978 DRIVE study (age \> 18 years; positive urine test for heroin and/or methamphetamine \& skin marks of injection) who either: * participated to the DRIVE Mind I cohort * were candidate for the DM II control group but were diagnosed at inclusion with a major depressive disorder, psychotic disorder or suicide risk (MINI semi-structured interview) or any other significant psychiatric disorder requiring support and treatment (clinical diagnosis of a psychiatrist); * participants recruited in the control group diagnosed at any step of the one-year follow-up with a major depressive disorder, a psychotic disorder or suicide risk (MINI semi-structured interview) or any other significant psychiatric disorder requiring support and treatment (clinical diagnosis of a psychiatrist) at M6 will be proposed to join the psychiatric cohort; * Signed informed consent form. Participants eligible for the DM II cohort but refusing the principle of a treatment will nevertheless be included in the psychiatric cohort for follow-up, counselling and support except if the severity of the clinical situation requires immediate hospitalization in the mental health department. Drive Mind II control group Participants of the ANRS 12353/NIDA ROI DA 041978 DRIVE study (age \> 18 years; positive urine test for heroin and/or methamphetamine \& skin marks of injection): * who participated to the DRIVE M30 survey and * were screened negative for a potential psychiatric disorder at DRIVE M30 visit (Quick screening tool, QST) and * are free of a major depressive disorder, a psychotic disorder or suicide risk (MINI semi-structured interview) or any other significant psychiatric disorder requiring support and treatment (clinical diagnosis of a psychiatrist) at DM II cohort initiation * Signed informed consent form. Recruitment in the control group will take place until 200 HIV+ and 200 HIV- are enrolled Exclusion Criteria: * Severe psychiatric condition at cohort initiation requiring immediate hospitalization in the mental health department * Severe associated diseases requiring specific treatment incompatible with a psychiatric ambulatory follow-up and treatment; * Any condition which might, in the investigator's opinion, compromise the safety of the patient by participating in the study including very severe clinical condition; * Contraindication for treatment with mirtazapine, sertraline, risperidone, olanzapine, sulpiride, quetiapine, melatonine; * Person deprived of freedom by a judicial or administrative decision; * Person who plan to move out from Hai Phong in the next 12 months; * Person unable to understand the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mental Health Department
Haiphong, Hai Phong, Vietnam
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