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Alcohol Use DisorderPhase 2ACGTNCT03897348

Pilot Human Lab Study of Lacosamide in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

A Phase 2 study testing Lacosamide 100 mg and Lacosamide 200 mg in people with Alcohol Use Disorder, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The overall goal of the proposed project is to improve the treatment of individuals with AUD. The investigators will conduct the first pilot human laboratory study to assess the effects of two doses of lacosamide on alcohol drinking and craving. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 to 50 years, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Alcohol Use Disorder
What is being tested?
Lacosamide 100 mg and Lacosamide 200 mg
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
4 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
17 Sep 2018to 12 Jun 2019
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 to 50 years
  • Men only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Men, ages 21-50;
  • Able to read English and to complete study evaluations;
  • Meet DSM-V criteria for current alcohol use disorder (AUD);
  • Average weekly alcohol use of 25-70 standard drinks for men over the past 30 days;
  • No more than 3 days/week of alcohol abstinence in the past 30 days, to maximize likelihood that participants will choose to drink during the laboratory sessions.

Who cannot join

  • Individuals who are seeking AUD treatment or have been in treatment within the past 6 months;
  • Current DSM-V non-alcohol use disorder other than tobacco or cannabis;
  • Positive urine drug test results at more than one baseline appointment for opioids, cocaine, benzodiazepines or barbiturates;
  • Regular use of psychoactive drugs including antipsychotics, anxiolytics and antidepressants during the 30 days prior to entry, as well as anticonvulsants, beta blockers, central nervous system stimulants or depressants, or other drugs that cause excessive sedation;
  • Taking medications that may interact with lacosamide, e.g. medications that prolong the ECG PR interval, or medications with strong CYP3A4 and CYP2C9;
  • Psychosis or any other serious mental illness as judged by SCID and study physician assessment;
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  • Medical conditions that in the judgment of the study physician contraindicate the consumption of alcohol;
  • Medical conditions that in the judgment of the study physician contraindicate LAC (non contraindications listed in the FDA-approved Prescribing Information for LAC);
  • Any other medical conditions that in the opinion of the study physician would make study participation hazardous;
  • History of serious alcohol withdrawal (e.g. seizures, DTs, hospitalization) or a Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Scale (CIWA-AD) score greater than or equal to 8;
  • Participants who report disliking spirits will be excluded because 80 proof liquor will be provided during the alcohol self-administration periods;
  • Participants who have taken any investigational drug within 4 weeks preceding study entry;
  • Participants with first-degree atrioventricular block (AV block), PR interval lengthened beyond 0.20 seconds or greater.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • San Francisco VA Health Care System

    San Francisco, California, 94121

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Placebo-controlled Human Laboratory Feasibility Study of Lacosamide Effects in Alcohol Use Disorder

The overall goal of the proposed project is to improve the treatment of individuals with AUD. The investigators will conduct the first pilot human laboratory study to assess the effects of two doses of lacosamide on alcohol drinking and craving. The investigators will assess its effects on reducing alcohol intake using a human laboratory method, the Yale Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP). The investigators will also assess the feasibility of the Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) in order to position our research team to have the capacity to conduct future, larger, hypothesis-testing human laboratory-based experiments designed to test the efficacy of potential alcohol treatments.

Read the detailed description

Four heavy-drinking non-treatment seeking male community volunteers with a diagnosis of AUD will undergo 3 ADP sessions. In each of the 3 ADP sessions, they will receive one of the following 3 different interventions: either 100 mg of lacosamide, 200 mg of lacosamide or placebo.

The ADP session is a one day human laboratory session at the SFVA Medical Center. This human laboratory session involves the self-administration of alcoholic beverages by research participants under highly structured, observed conditions in order to evaluate the effects of the study drug interventions (either 100 mg lacosamide, 200 mg lacosamide, or placebo) on alcohol craving and alcohol consumption. The study follows a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover design in which each participant receives each of the 3 drug interventions in a randomly assigned sequence. There were 4 possible sequences representing the 4 arms of the study.

Being tested
Placebo, Lacosamide 100 mg, Lacosamide 200 mg
Keywords
alcohol craving, human laboratory, lacosamide, non-treatment seeking
Medical subject headings
Alcoholism

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PlaceboDrug

    Also called Placebo capsule identical in appearance to Lacosamide 100 mg and 200 mg capsules.

    Oral medication

  • Lacosamide 100 mgDrug

    Also called Lacosamide 100 mg capsule identical in appearance to Placebo and Lacosamide 200 mg capsule

    Oral medication

  • Lacosamide 200 mgDrug

    Also called Lacosamide 200 mg capsule identical in appearance to Placebo and Lacosamide 100 mg capsules.

    Oral medication

Study groups in NCT03897348
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Crossover Sequence A: Placebo, then Lacosamide 200 mg, then Lacosamide 100 mgExperimentalParticipants receive a single dose of Placebo in ADP Session 1. After a 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 2 in which they receive a single dose of Lacosamide 200 mg. After another 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 3 in which they receive a single dose of Lacosamide 100 mg.
Receives: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Lacosamide 100 mg; Drug: Lacosamide 200 mg
Crossover Sequence B: Lacosamide 200 mg, then Lacosamide 100 mg, then PlaceboExperimentalParticipants receive a single dose of Lacosamide 200 mg in ADP Session 1. After a 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 2 in which they receive a single dose of Lacosamide 100 mg. After another 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 3 in which they receive a single dose of Placebo.
Receives: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Lacosamide 100 mg; Drug: Lacosamide 200 mg
Crossover Sequence C: Lacosamide 200 mg, then Placebo, then Lacosamide 100 mgExperimentalParticipants receive a single dose of Lacosamide 200 mg in ADP Session 1. After a 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 2 in which they receive a single dose of Placebo. After another 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 3 in which they receive a single dose of Lacosamide 100 mg.
Receives: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Lacosamide 100 mg; Drug: Lacosamide 200 mg
Crossover Sequence D: Lacosamide 100 mg, then Lacosamide 200 mg, then PlaceboExperimentalParticipants receives a single dose of Lacosamide 100 mg in ADP Session 1. After a 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 2 in which they receive a single dose of Lacosamide 200 mg. After another 1 week washout period, they undergo ADP Session 3 in which they receive a single dose of Placebo.
Receives: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Lacosamide 100 mg; Drug: Lacosamide 200 mg

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Recruitment Feasibility (Time, in Months,) Required to Recruit, Screen and Conduct the Study Procedures

    Recruitment feasibility will be measured as the time (in months) required to recruit, screen and conduct the study procedures for a total of 4 participants.

    Measured: 7 months

  2. Retention Feasibility (Proportion of Participants Completing the Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) Sessions)

    Retention feasibility will be measured by the proportion of participants completing the Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) Sessions 1, 2 and 3.

    Measured: 6.5 weeks

  3. Tolerability (Number of Participants With Mild, Moderate, or Severe Adverse Events)

    Tolerability will be measured by the number of participants with mild, moderate, and severe adverse events for each of the 3 drug interventions (100 mg lacosamide, 200 mg lacosamide and placebo).

    Measured: 3 days (1 day each for ADP Session 1, 2, and 3)

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Alcohol Craving

    Alcohol craving will be measured during Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) sessions 1, 2 and 3 using the total score of the Alcohol Urge Questionnaire (AUQ). The AUQ has 8 items. Each item is scored on a 1 to 7 scale (Strongly Disagree = 1 and Strongly Agree = 7; items 2 and 7 are reverse scored). Higher scores reflect greater craving. Total score range is from a minimum of 8 to a maximum of 56. The AUQ is administered before study medication and at various times after study medication. The AUQ score reported here is the highest AUQ score following administration of study medication.

    Measured: 3 days (1 day each for ADP Session 1, 2, and 3. Each ADP Session included 1 dose of the drug intervention, either Placebo, Lacosamide 100 mg, or Lacosamide 200 mg).

  2. Alcohol Consumption (Number of Standard Drinks Consumed)

    Alcohol consumption is measured during each of the Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) sessions, 1, 2 and 3. In each session participants received one of the 3 drug interventions, Placebo, Lacosamide 100 mg, or Lacosamide 200 mg. Consumption was measured using the number of alcoholic standard drinks consumed during the ADP sessions. A standard drink per NIAAA definition is 14 grams of pure alcohol.

    Measured: 3 days (1 day each for ADP Session 1, 2, and 3. Each ADP Session included 1 dose of the drug intervention, either Placebo, Lacosamide 100 mg, or Lacosamide 200 mg).

  3. Subjective Effects of Alcohol Consumption

    Subjective effects of alcohol consumption are measured during the Alcohol Drinking Paradigm (ADP) sessions 1, 2 and 3 using the Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (BAES), which has 2 subscales; the Stimulation Subscale range is 0 - 70, where 0 is the least and 70 is the greatest stimulation; the Sedation Subscale range is 0 - 70, where 0 is the least and 70 is the greatest sedation. The BAES was administered both before and at various timepoints after study medication administration in each of the ADP sessions. The BAES scores reported here are the peak Stimulation scores after medication administration and peak Sedation scores after medication administration for each of ADP sessions 1, 2 and 3.

    Measured: 3 days (1 day each for ADP Session 1, 2, and 3. Each ADP Session included 1 dose of the drug intervention, either Placebo, Lacosamide 100 mg, or Lacosamide 200 mg).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 Apr 2019
  2. Study start17 Sep 2018
  3. Primary completion12 Jun 2019
  4. Study completion12 Jun 2019

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
4 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03897348
Sponsor's protocol ID
17-22180
Acronym
ACGT
Status last verified
Jun 2022
First submitted
2 Jan 2019
Last updated
28 Jun 2022
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Lacosamide 100 mg and Lacosamide 200 mg in people with Alcohol Use Disorder, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 13 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Jun 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 27 Oct 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Recruitment Feasibility (Time, in Months,) Required to Recruit, Screen and Conduct the Study Procedures (time frame: 7 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Jun 2022.

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