Acamprosate Initiated During Alcohol Detoxification

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Alcohol Use Disorder

In brief

Acamprosate is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of alcoholism. The purpose of this study is to see if initiating acamprosate early in alcohol detoxification instead of waiting until detoxification has been completed effects the course of detoxification, adverse events during detoxification, drop out rate during the rehabilitative treatment phase, or overall efficacy of acamprosate for those with alcohol dependence who plan to receive at least two months of rehabilitative pharmacotherapy with acamprosate.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00360594
Run by
Forest Laboratories
People needed
40
Starts
2006-10-01
Expected to finish
2007-11-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-01-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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