Topiramate in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study will assess the efficacy of topiramate in the treatment of pathological gambling.
Pathological gambling (PG) is a debilitating disorder, generally leading to severe personal,
familial, financial, social, and occupational impairments. In PG, the patient experiences a
progressive inability to resist impulses to gamble, and gambling significantly disrupt the
patient's functioning in the personal, familial, and/or vocational spheres. Topiramate has
shown preliminary evidence of efficacy in some impulse control disorders.