Phase II Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Reinforcing Effects of Alprazolam in Patients With Anxiety

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder

In brief

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether the benzodiazepine alprazolam reinforces self-medication behavior in anxious patients with varying histories of using other drugs. II. Establish outpatient methods for the study of self-medication and drug reinforcement in patients vulnerable to prescription drug abuse or dependence. III. Evaluate the influence of alcohol and other non-prescription drug use as determinants of vulnerability in these patients. IV. Identify personality, attitudinal, or other variables that might predict different patterns of self-medication. V. Assess the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on alprazolam self-medication.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00004373
Run by
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
People needed
80
Starts
1997-03-01
Expected to finish
2001-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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