Memantine as a Supplement to Naltrexone in Treating Heroin Dependence

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Prospective participants will undergo a screening process at the clinic to determine eligibility. After screening, eligible patients will complete an 8-day inpatient detoxification, followed by a 12-week outpatient phase. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions (1) Naltrexone + Placebo; (2) Naltrexone + Memantine 20 mg bid. Long-acting, injectable form of naltrexone (Vivitrol) will be administered once per month (the total of three injections) while memantine or placebo will be taken daily. In addition, patients will receive twice weekly psychosocial intervention that will include motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention. The outpatient treatment will also consist of 3 weekly visits to the clinic in which patients will receive counseling to help maintain abstinence and improve compliance with study medication.

Clinical Trial Description

In the proposed trial heroin-dependent patients undergoing detoxification will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions (1) Naltrexone + Placebo; (2) Naltrexone + Memantine 20 mg bid. Long-acting, injectable form of naltrexone (Vivitrol) will be administered once per month (the total of three injections) while memantine or placebo will be taken daily. In addition, patients will receive twice weekly psychosocial intervention that will include motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention. The goal of psychosocial intervention is to improve compliance with medication and maintain abstinence. A double-blind trial will last twelve weeks with assessments at baseline and at each appointment three times per week. After the completion of a double-blind study (experimental phase), participants will continue open label treatment with Vivitrol and therapy for additional three months (study extension phase). Repeated assessments will also be completed one, two, and three months following the end of double-blind treatment. For the experimental phase of the study, the primary aim is to test the efficacy of memantine in reducing early attrition and improving outcome in opioid-dependent individuals maintained on naltrexone and primary outcome measures will be retention in treatment by the end of the study and heroin abstinence. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00476242
Study type	Interventional
Source	New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date	June 2008
Completion date	August 2011

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Memantine as a Supplement to Naltrexone in Treating Heroin Dependence — NAMHS

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