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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00226694
Other study ID # NIAAAANH013307
Secondary ID R01AA013307NIH R
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received September 23, 2005
Last updated January 3, 2014
Start date September 2003
Est. completion date August 2012

Study information

Verified date January 2014
Source University of Cincinnati
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal Government
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to look at the stress hormone response to medication-induced stress and a placebo (an inactive compound) in non-drinking, recovering male and female alcoholics, with a specific emphasis on the differences between men and women in the two recovering alcoholic groups.


Description:

Women and men differ in the ways stress affects the development and maintenance of alcoholism. However, no published studies in alcohol dependent patients have examined sex differences in stress responsiveness that most likely mediate these effects and influence the clinical course and treatment of the disorder.

The long-range goal of this research program is to define aspects of the neural, genetic and environmental mechanisms differentially regulating the stress response in alcohol dependent women and men. The proposed study extends prior work revealing sex-dependent alterations in basal and serotonin-induced stress hormone concentrations in abstinent alcoholics. Our central hypothesis is that sex differences in serotonin function or HPA sensitivity conspire with genetically influenced alterations in serotonin signaling to produce maladaptive stress responses in some alcoholic women. These altered stress responses may serve as the target of novel, sex-specific pharmacotherapies.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 96
Est. completion date August 2012
Est. primary completion date August 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Able to provide written consent.

- Are actively engaged in a recovery program for alcoholism;

- Have a current (within the past 12 months) diagnosis of DSM-IV alcohol dependence in early- (modified to a minimum of 4 months) full remission; and

- Are residing in a controlled sober living environment; and

- Agree to provide at least one collateral informant who knows the subject well and can attest to their sobriety (recovering alcoholics only).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Have evidence of any clinically significant laboratory evidence of hematologic, hepatic, cardiovascular, renal, pulmonary, thyroid or other endocrine disease;

- Are taking oral contraceptives or other hormonal replacements (e.g., estrogen or progesterone);

- Are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant during the next 9 months;

- Have taken other psychotropic drugs (including SSRIs, MAO inhibitors and other antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, non-benzodiazepine anxiolytics or hypnotics) within 6 weeks of the first laboratory session;

- Have taken any investigational drug within 90 days of the first laboratory session; or

- Are making efforts to quit smoking or have taken any pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation (i.e., bupropion, nicotine-replacement patches or gum; clonidine, buspirone) within 90 days of the first laboratory session.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Citalopram
Subjects receive provocative tests with citalopram, dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone and placebo on 3 separate, counterbalanced occasions at monthly intervals.
Other:
Placebo
Subjects receive provocative tests with citalopram, dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone and placebo on 3 separate, counterbalanced occasions at monthly intervals.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States The Department of Veterans Affairs / Veterans Healthcare System of Ohio Cincinnati Ohio

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Cincinnati National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary stress month No
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