Seroquel for Frequent, Heavy Drinkers

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Alcoholism

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of quetiapine in reducing percent heavy drinking days and increasing percent abstinent days in alcohol dependent patients who are frequent heavy drinkers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00674765

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

156

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Male and females, 18-70 years old.
• Meets DSM-IV criteria for current diagnoses of alcohol dependence, determined by the MINI/SCID-IV {First, 1996 #34}.
• Meets the drinking criteria, measured by TLFB and the Addiction Severity Index {McLellan, 1992 #37}:
• Three consecutive days of abstinence from alcohol immediately before randomization
• Lives a commutable distance from the TRC and agrees to attend all research visits including follow-up visits.
• Speaks, understands, and prints in English.

You may not qualify if…

• Has evidence of dependence on a substance other than alcohol (except nicotine and marijuana).
• Tests positive on the urine drug screen during the screening weeks (one retest allowed). Subjects whose urine drug screen tests positive for benzodiazepines will be allowed to randomize, at the discretion of the PI, if they are known to be physician-prescribed for detox purposes.
• Has hepatocellular disease indicated by elevations of SGPT (ALT) and SGOT (AST) of at least 4.5 times normal after the required 3 days of abstinence, or elevated bilirubin (>1.3), with associated elevations of AST and ALT above normal limits.
• Meets diagnostic criteria for a current unstable or serious psychiatric or medical illness.
• Has serious heart, lung, kidney, immune system, GI tract (ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, or gastrointestinal bleeding) disease.
• Has taken any psychotropic medications (including disulfiram, naltrexone or acamprosate) regularly within the last 2 weeks or needs immediate treatment with a psychotropic medication.
• Tests positive on a pregnancy test, is contemplating pregnancy in the next 12 months, is nursing, or is not using an effective contraceptive method if the patient is of child-bearing potential, meaning has not had a hysterectomy or is in menopause, meaning 50 or over and has not had a menstrual cycle in 12 months.
• Has known hypersensitivity to antipsychotics.
• Has taken any investigational drug as part of an investigational trial within 30 days prior to the randomization.
• A history of seizure disorder.
• The presence of cataracts.

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania, Treatment Research Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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