A Phase II Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Quetiapine for Frequent, Heavy Drinkers (Seroquel2)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 156
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- TimeLine Follow Back (TLFB) to Measure Percent Heavy Drinking Days During the Medication/Placebo Phase
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
This trial is a phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial intended to assess the efficacy of quetiapine compared to placebo in alcoholics who are frequent heavy drinkers.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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.
排除标准
- •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.
研究组 & 干预措施
1
Seroquel
干预措施: Seroquel (Drug)
2
Placebo
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
TimeLine Follow Back (TLFB) to Measure Percent Heavy Drinking Days During the Medication/Placebo Phase
时间窗: 12 weeks
The total number of heavy drinking days per Arm was divided by total number of days, multiplied by 100%, to report the percent days of heavy drinking per Arm.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
