Clinical trials: Drinking, Alcohol
Alcohol Use Disorder, Anxiety Disorders
Transdiagnostic CBT for Comorbid Alcohol Use and Anxiety Disorders
Almost 18 million US adults have alcohol use disorders (AUD), with one third of these individuals also diagnosed with anxiety disorders (AXD).
- Trial name
- NCT03230006
- Testing
- Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders, Take Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Alcohol Dependence
Gabapentin for Abstinence Initiation in Alcohol Dependence
Primary Hypotheses: 1. Gabapentin will significantly reduce alcohol consumption and promote abstinence as compared to placebo. The primary outcome measure will be the number of the heavy drinking days (defined as any day where…
- Trial name
- GAINS (NCT01141049)
- Testing
- Gabapentin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Alcohol Drinking
Topiramate's Effects on Heavy Drinking
The proposed project will utilize perfusion functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the effects of topiramate on brain and behavioral responses in heavy drinkers to appetitive alcohol reminders (cues that motivate…
- Trial name
- TOPMRI (NCT02074904)
- Testing
- Topiramate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alcoholism, Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Pharmacogenetic Study of Topiramate in European-American Heavy Drinkers
The purpose of this study is to advance the effort to develop personalized pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The investigators propose to conduct a 12-week, prospective, randomized clinical trial of the moderating…
- Trial name
- TOPG (NCT02371889)
- Testing
- Topiramate, Medical Management
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Hazardous Alcohol Consumption
Evaluation of an Internet-based Intervention for Hazardous Drinkers
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the investigators internet-based intervention is effective to help hazardous drinkers reducing their alcohol consumption.
- Trial name
- NCT01075685
- Testing
- interactive online programme to reduce alcohol consumption, Minimum information
- Volunteers
- 1,157 people
- Sponsor
- Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante
Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
A Gamified, Social Media Inspired Personalized Normative Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Sexual Minority Women
Sexual minority women in the United States are more likely to drink alcohol, engage in heavy drinking, and experience alcohol-related problems than are heterosexual women.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol; Harmful Use
- Trial name
- NCT03884478
- Testing
- Personalized Normative Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loyola Marymount University
Alcohol Consumption, Violence, Domestic
Proximal Effects of Alcohol on Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence
We will recruit sexual and gender minority couples to complete 56 days of daily surveys in order to evaluate (1) the impact of COVID-19 stress and sexual and gender minority stress on heavy episodic drinking and intimate partner…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Consumption, Violence, Domestic, Stress, Psychological, Aggression
- Trial name
- PASSION (NCT04625465)
- Testing
- CBT Text Messaging, Attention Control Text Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 474 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia State University
Alcohol Consumption
Mechanisms for Alcohol Treatment Change [MATCH] Study
A 5-arm randomized trial to determine what components of a text message intervention are necessary to reduce hazardous drinking among young adults and mechanisms through which these changes occur.
- Trial name
- MATCH (NCT02918565)
- Testing
- Drinking Cognition Feedback (DCF), Alcohol Risk Feedback (ARF), Adaptive Goal Support (AGS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,131 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Binge Drinking
Brief Alcohol Intervention for School-to-Work Transitions
This is a 2-year research project to test the efficacy of brief motivational intervention for reducing heavy alcohol use in young adults transitioning out of high school.
- Trial name
- NCT01546025
- Testing
- Brief Motivational Counseling, Relaxation training
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Drinking, Alcohol, Drinking Behavior
Inhibitory Control Smartphone App
The proposed study will address a critical knowledge gap: there are no evidence-based smartphone apps for reducing young adult drinking.
- Trial name
- NCT04243759
- Testing
- Control App Version, Standard App Version, Experimental, Feedback App Version
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Alcohol Use Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
Imaging GABAergic/Glutamatergic Drugs in Bipolar Alcoholics Alcoholics
The proposed 3-week, double-blind, crossover, proof of concept study aims to manipulate neurochemical dysfunctions characteristic of individuals with co-occurring BD and AUD (i.e., abnormally low prefrontal GABA and glutamate)…
- Trial name
- NCT03220776
- Testing
- N-Acetylcysteine, Gabapentin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Alcohol Drinking
BabySTEPs: Supportive Texts to Empower Parents
This study is a pilot micro-randomized trial (MRT) that aims to establish feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary proof-of-concept of a text messaging intervention for postpartum alcohol use.
- Trial name
- NCT04719390
- Testing
- Text Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Alcohol Use Disorder
Non-invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major health concern amongst Veterans as it causes poor health, lost days at work, impaired psychosocial functioning, and decreased quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT05226130
- Testing
- Cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (active comparator)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol Drinking
Neural and Behavioral Effects of Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)
This study seeks to better understand mechanisms of behavior change for heavy drinkers who are interested in changing their drinking.
- Trial name
- NCT04430543
- Testing
- Cognitive Bias Modification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
Digoxin In Treatment of Alcohol Associated Hepatitis
Prospective, single center, open label, randomized controlled trial to explore whether digoxin treatment affects cytokine levels as biomarkers of inflammation in patients with acute alcohol associated hepatitis, digoxin…
- Conditions
- Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Steatohepatitis Caused by Ingestible Alcohol
- Trial name
- DIGIT-AlcHep (NCT05014087)
- Testing
- Intravenous digoxin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth
Native-Changing High-risk Alcohol Use and Increasing Contraception Effectiveness Study
Native CHOICES is a randomized controlled trial of an adapted intervention to reduce the risk of alcohol exposed pregnancies in American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs).
- Conditions
- Contraceptive Usage, Alcohol Use Complicating Childbirth, Alcohol Drinking
- Trial name
- Native-CHOICES (NCT03930342)
- Testing
- Native-CHOICES
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Alcohol Drinking, Opioid Use
Co-Use of Opioid Medications and Alcohol Prevention Study
Previous research, including that of this team, shows that a significant portion of those regularly using opioids-particularly filling opioids at community pharmacies-also are involved in the co-use of alcohol.
- Trial name
- COAPS (NCT05599672)
- Testing
- Alcohol-targeted Brief Intervention-Medication Therapy Management, Standard medication counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Alcohol Use Disorder, HIV-infection/Aids
Development of an Intervention to Reduce Heavy Drinking and Improve HIV Care Engagement Among Fisherfolk in Uganda
Fisherfolk are a high risk population for HIV and are prioritized to receive antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Uganda, but risky alcohol use among fisherfolk is a barrier to HIV care engagement; multilevel factors influence…
- Trial name
- NCT03919695
- Testing
- Kisoboka: Behavioral and Structural Intervention, Screening and Referral
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
HIV/AIDS, Alcohol Abuse
Couple-Based Motivational Interviewing With Mobile Breathalyzers to Reduce Alcohol Use in South Africa
This project aims to develop and pilot test an intervention using couple-based motivational interviewing (MI) and mobile breathalyzers to reduce heavy alcohol use with couples living with HIV in South Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT05756790
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Interviewing plus Breathalyzer
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alcohol Use Disorder
Naltrexone for Individuals of East Asian Descent
This study will elucidate the pharmacogenetic effects of the Asn40Asp SNP of the OPRM1 gene on biobehavioral and neural markers of response to naltrexone in individuals of East Asian descent, an ethnic group most likely to…
- Trial name
- NCT02026011
- Testing
- Naltrexone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles