A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Memantine for Alcohol Dependence
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Official title
Medications Development for Alcohol Abuse: NMDA Agents -- A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Memantine for Alcohol Dependence
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to obtain a preliminary indication of the safety and effectiveness of oral memantine (40 mg/day) in alcohol dependent patients. This study is a 16-week study comparison of memantine and placebo in patients with alcohol dependence.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00246415
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 2002
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2005
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2005
- Last update posted
- Oct 7, 2008
2002 – 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York State Psychiatric Institute | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 7, 2008 · Synced Sep 15, 2026
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