Gabapentin Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Gabapentin treatment for alcohol dependence

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The Scripps Research Institute
• Collaborator: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• Treatments: Ethanol; Gabapentin; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women over age 18 with alcohol dependence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4 Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for dependence on illicit substances

• Significant medical disorders that will increase potential risk or interfere with study participation

• Women with childbearing potential who are pregnant, nursing, or refuse to use a reliable method of birth control

• Treatment with an investigational drug in the last month.