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Levetiracetam XR in Very Heavy Drinkers

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00970814

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Official title

A Phase 2, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy Of Levetiracetam Extended Release in Very Heavy Drinkers

Brief summary

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The primary objectives of this study are to assess the efficacy of levetiracetam XR in increasing the percentage of subjects with no heavy drinking days and in reducing the weekly percentage of heavy drinking days in subjects with alcohol dependence confirmed by DSM-IV criteria and who frequently consume 10 or more drinks per drinking day for men and 8 or more drinks per drinking day for women (designated as "very heavy" drinkers).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00970814
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
130 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Sep 30, 2009
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2010
Completion
Sep 30, 2010
Last update posted
Aug 27, 2014

2009 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
5
U.S. states
5
U.S. cities
5
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland 21224
Boston University School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts 02118
Dartmouth Medical School Lebanon New Hampshire 03755
University Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia 22911

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