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Filter by:This study will examine the efficacy of an internet-based brief intervention designed to reduce risky behavior veterans as the move into their second year post-Army. Up to 350 veterans drawn from The Network Study (Dept of Defense; Award number: W81XWH1920001) will be recruited with the intention of drawing a final sample of 300. Study participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group, stratified by age and gender.
This pilot study will seek evidence that oxytocin, compared to placebo, reverses tolerance and alcohol seeking in humans.
Alcohol use is the second leading cause of preventable death after smoking. The Evin law was built in 1991 with the goal of reducing exposure to alcohol marketing among the youngest. But this law is currently extremely weakened, and in a press release of February 26, 2018, the French Society of Alcoology is alarmed by these developments. Studies on the impact of alcohol marketing focus for the most part on young adolescents and the links between marketing exposure and alcohol initiation. But beyond these links, little work has been done on the impact of alcohol marketing on vulnerable subjects with regular alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption is one of the very first causes of hospitalization in France. The damage is often limited to the notion of risks of dependence, but it can appear as soon as consumption of 1 standard unit/day and mainly concerns the 45-64 year olds. To investigator knowledge, there are no studies on the impact of alcohol marketing carried out among regular alcohol users with moderate or severe alcohol use disorders.
This will be a single site randomized, 2-session, within-subject cross-over design pilot study. 20 enrolled (of 30 consented) subjects reporting varying levels of binge and high intensity drinking, defined as at least 2 episodes of drinking 4 (for women) or 5 (for men) drinks on an occasion over the last 5 weeks, (unless determined by PI that drinking history meets study objectives), will be enrolled. Subjects will be randomized to undergo one session of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or sham immediately followed by the investigators rate control intravenous (IV) alcohol self-administration (ASA) paradigm. Subjects will then return 7-14 days later and undergo the same sequence of events with the opposite intervention (i.e. rTMS or sham) from session 1.
Alcohol consumption is the second cause of avoidable death after tobacco. The Evin law was constructed in 1991 with the aim of reducing exposure to alcohol marketing among the youngest. But this law is currently extremely weakened, and in a press release of February 26, 2018, the French Alcohol Society is alarmed by these developments. Studies on the impact of alcohol marketing focus for the most part on young adolescents and the links between marketing exposure and alcohol initiation. But beyond these links, little work has been done on the impact of alcohol marketing on vulnerable subjects with regular alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption is one of the very first causes of hospitalization in France. The damage is often limited to the notion of risks of dependence, but it can appear as soon as consumption of 1 standard unit/day and mainly concerns the 45-64 year olds. To our knowledge, there are no studies on the impact of alcohol marketing carried out among regular alcohol users with moderate or severe alcohol use disorders. This population is, however, the target of manufacturers, since 10% of the French population consumes 58% of the alcohol sold in France. Moreover, although in the context of tobacco, counter-marketing campaigns and strategies are used to help users develop resistance to the positive marketing stimuli of alcohol, there are no studies that have evaluated this type of intervention with patients with moderate to severe alcohol use disorders. The DEPREV_phase 3 study is a prospective, controlled, randomised, open-label study. Patients followed in the primary care network participating in the study and those followed in the addictology network of northern Finistère in the context of their pathology will be offered the opportunity to participate in the study. Patients agreeing to participate will be randomized in 2 groups (1:1) by the addictology unit: - Control group: routine routine follow-up (follow-up in consultations with the attending physician or addictologist) + assessments at Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6. - Intervention group: Routine routine follow-up (follow-up in consultation with the attending physician or addictologist) + assessments at Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6 + motivational interview (2 individual sessions, during the first month after inclusion). Patients will then be followed up and evaluated at 1, 3 and 6 months after the inclusion visit.
This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design trial that will test the effect of pitolisant on alcohol self-administration and craving following a priming dose of alcohol. The specific objective of this proposal is to determine whether pitolisant has effects on alcohol consumption and craving
The aim of the present study is to examine Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) availability in humans, including healthy individuals and across a spectrum of psychiatric disorders in which alterations in the endocannabinoid system are observed.
Heavy-drinking smokers, including those with alcohol use disorder (AUD), are at increased risk for numerous negative health outcomes relative to those who use alcohol or cigarettes only. Although heavy-drinking smokers are recognized as an important subgroup for clinical and public health interventions, there are presently no approved medications for the joint indication of alcohol reduction and smoking cessation. Based on evidence that the serotonin system plays a role in alcohol and nicotine consumption and relapse, this study aims to examine whether a serotonin medication alters alcohol and nicotine responses in smokers with AUD, informing its potential utility as a candidate therapy for this clinical subgroup.
Medications for Alcohol use disorder (MAUD) (acamprosate, naltrexone, and disulfiram) remain underutilized despite guideline recommendations and rising alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. Alcohol use disorder (AUD)-related hospitalizations are opportunities to initiate MAUD, but optimal implementation strategies are unclear. We will complete a 6 month pilot implementation intervention involving audit and feedback, educational meetings, and academic detailing for health professionals at Yale New Haven Hospital to determine the impact on: 1) health professional satisfaction with intervention components, 2) health professional knowledge and attitudes about medications for alcohol use disorder, 3) receipt of medication among hospitalized patients diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder and 4) 30 day readmission among hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder. Health professional satisfaction and knowledge with be assessed using a pre-post design and receipt of medications and 30 day readmission will be assessed using a interrupted time series design. We hypothesize health professional knowledge and attitudes about MAUD will be greater after the pilot intervention compared to before. We hypothesize receipt of MAUD will be greater after the pilot intervention compared to before. We hypothesize 30 day readmission will be less after the pilot intervention compared to before.
The proposed pilot study is a randomized feasibility trial of technology-enhanced brief intervention for drinking reduction and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence in 60 non-virally suppressed HIV participants who meet criteria for DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in a Primary Care clinic. Study sample will be recruited from a large urban HIV primary care clinic at Montefiore Hospital where the investigators previously successfully enrolled, randomized and treated study participants The interventions consist of brief meetings to discuss drinking and ART adherence enhanced with daily self-monitoring through the use of a smartphone application that tracks drinking and other aspects of health. These meetings will be based on the Clinician's Guide, a brief intervention for heavy drinking in primary care settings advocated by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Participants will be assessed at baseline, 30, 60, 90 days, and 6 months after baseline. By the end of treatment (60 days) and throughout the follow-up period, alcohol use is expected to highest among participants who receive the Clinician's Guide alone, and lowest among participants who receive the Clinician's Guide plus the smartphone application.