Puerarin Effects on Alcohol Drinking

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse

In brief

This research is designed to assess the impact of pretreatment with puerarin (NPI-031G), a major ingredient in the plant kudzu, on alcohol drinking. Hypothesis: Short-term treatment with this compound will reduce alcohol self-administration in a simulated natural settings laboratory.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00854724

Run by

Mclean Hospital

People needed

16

Starts

2009-02-01

Expected to finish

2011-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-09

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• moderate to heavy alcohol drinkers (20+ drinks per week)

You may not qualify if…

• alcohol dependence or treatment-seeking drinkers
• other drug abuse or dependence
• psychiatric disorders

Where it is running

• McLean Hospital, Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory — Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

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