Clinical trials: Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Use Disorder
Brief Family-involved Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Family-involved treatments for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) hold considerable promise to improve engagement and compliance with treatment and improve treatment outcomes.
- Trial name
- B-FIT (NCT05545644)
- Testing
- Brief Family-Involved Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Alcohol Drinking
Satiety and Alcohol Challenge
The goal of this pilot study is to identify the role of satiety on responses to alcohol drinking using human subject laboratory methods.
- Trial name
- SatTAC (NCT06576674)
- Testing
- Dietary Fiber + Green Tea Extract, Alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Underage Drinking, Alcohol Use, Underage
REAL Parenting Alcohol and Substance Use App
High school students' alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana use are major public health problems. Among the many consequences of these risky behaviors are impaired driving and impaired passenger fatalities as well as increased health…
- Trial name
- RP (NCT03932097)
- Testing
- REAL Parenting, Active Control Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 612 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Real Prevention, LLC
Alcohol Use Disorder, Inflammatory Response
An Inflammatory Challenge Using Endotoxin
The study design consists of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of low dose endotoxin. The low dose endotoxin challenge induces a transient systemic inflammatory response with normalization of cytokine levels…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Inflammatory Response, Craving, Depressed Mood
- Trial name
- NCT04310423
- Testing
- Endotoxin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse
Varenicline Treatment of Alcohol Dependence in Smokers
The purpose of this study is to determine whether varenicline is effective in the treatment of alcohol dependence in smokers.
- Conditions
- Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking, Alcohol Drinking
- Trial name
- NCT01553136
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Alcoholism
The Effects of Topiramate on Alcohol Use in Alcohol Dependent Subjects
This investigation will assess the effectiveness of topiramate in reducing ethanol consumption by alcohol dependent subjects. It also will seek to establish whether topiramate can be safely used in this population including…
- Trial name
- NCT00329407
- Testing
- Topiramate (Topamax)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Alcohol Use Disorder
Lacosamide Effects on Alcohol Self Administration and Craving in Heavy Drinkers
This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design trial tested the effect of lacosamide on alcohol self-administration and craving following a priming dose of alcohol.
- Trial name
- NCT03271528
- Testing
- Lacosamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Alcohol Drinking, Opioid Use, Unspecified
Opioid Modulation and Neural Reward Activation in Healthy Adults
This is a double blind study of the effects of opioid antagonism on the brain's reward response. The investigators will recruit participants to undergo two scans, one on active medication and one on placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT04854551
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Alcohol Use Disorder
Behavioral Effects of Drugs: Inpatient (36) (Alcohol, Duloxetine, and Methylphenidate)
This study will evaluate the behavioral effects of alcohol during maintenance on placebo, duloxetine, methylphenidate and duloxetine combined with methylphenidate using sophisticated human laboratory methods.
- Trial name
- BED[IN]:36 (NCT03575403)
- Testing
- Alcohol, Duloxetine (60 MG), Methylphenidate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Craig Rush
Alcohol Use Disorder
The Effects of Exenatide, a GLP-1 Agonist, on Alcohol Self-Administration in Heavy Drinkers
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design trial was used to test the effect of exenatide on alcohol self-administration and craving following a priming dose of alcohol.
- Trial name
- NCT03645408
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Alcohol Abuse
Study of Mobile Phone Delivered Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
In this study, the investigators will be developing and testing a mobile phone text message intervention to reduce alcohol use for people at risk of alcohol dependence.
- Trial name
- mROAD (NCT02158949)
- Testing
- mROAD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Alcohol Use Disorder
EMA/EMI for Psychiatrically Hospitalized Emerging Adults Who Drink to Cope
The goal of this proposed study is to evaluate an ecological momentary assessment plus an ecological momentary intervention (EMA+EMI) for emerging adults in a psychiatric partial hospitalization program who drink to cope with…
- Trial name
- NCT05074030
- Testing
- Personalized Normative Feedback, Coping-Motive Specific Personalized Feedback Intervention plus an Ecological Momentary Intervention (PFIcope+EMI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Smoking Cessation, Alcohol Drinking
Development and Pilot Testing of a Multimodal Web-based Program to Address Heavy Drinking During Smoking Cessation
The overall objective of this project is to develop and pilot-test a web-based smoking cessation program that specifically addresses heavy drinking (HD).
- Trial name
- NCT03068611
- Testing
- Standard Web-based Smoking Cessation, Alcohol-focused Web-Based Smoking Cessation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Alcohol Drinking, Veterans
Cost Effectiveness of Combined Contingency Management and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol contributes to 88,000 deaths and costs an estimated $223 billion annually in the United States. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent in veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT03987581
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mobile Contingency Management (mCM), Long-term incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Drinking
Using Neuroeconomics to Characterize State-Based Increases and Decreases in Alcohol Value
This study uses techniques from an area of research known as neuroeconomics, which integrates concepts and methods from psychology, neuroscience, and economics to better understand how people make decisions and how these…
- Trial name
- NCT04067765
- Testing
- Cue Exposure
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Hepatitis C, Alcohol Abuse
Web-based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use in Veterans With Hepatitis C
Many people who are infected with Hepatitis C misuse alcohol, which is even more dangerous for them than it is for a non-infected person.
- Trial name
- NCT01707030
- Testing
- Web-Based Brief Alcohol Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Sexually Transmitted Infection, Alcohol Use Complicating the Puerperium
Technology-Based Intervention for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use During Pregnancy
This proposed study is to test whether Health Check-up for Expectant Moms (HCEM), a computer-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) that simultaneously targets sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk and alcohol/drug…
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Infection, Alcohol Use Complicating the Puerperium, Alcohol Use Complicating Pregnancy, Unspecified Trimester, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT03826342
- Testing
- Health Check-up for Expectant Moms, Time, attention, and information-matched control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Major Depressive Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
Double-blind Pilot Trial of Mirtazapine for the Treatment of Co-occurring AD/MDD.
Mirtazapine is a non-SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) medication with a unique structure and mechanism of action. Recent study results suggest that mirtazapine may be more effective and faster acting than other…
- Trial name
- PT-MAD (NCT02185131)
- Testing
- Mirtazapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Adolescent Drinking, Adolescent Problem Behavior
Mindfulness Mobile App to Reduce Adolescent Substance Use
Substance-abusing youth - especially those who are involved in the juvenile justice system - are at higher risk than nonusers for mental health problems, including depression, conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal…
- Trial name
- Qlarity (NCT04027075)
- Testing
- Qlarity app users
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS
Assessing the Feasibility of Economic Approaches to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Adolescents
The proposed study will test the impact of an economic empowerment intervention on reducing alcohol and drug use (ADU) among adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in poverty-impacted communities in Uganda.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Drinking, HIV/AIDS, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT05597865
- Testing
- Economic Empowerment Intervention, Alcohol and Drug Use Risk Reduction Sessions
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine