Oxytocin Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal
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Purpose: Test whether intranasal administration of the neuropeptide, oxytocin, is effective in decreasing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, the number of bouts of withdrawal requiring standard medication treatment (lorazepam) and the amount of lorazepam required to control withdrawal bouts in individuals undergoing medical detoxification. Also, determine rates of subject recruitment and retention in the inpatient setting. Participants: 80 alcohol dependent patients, 18-65 years of age, admitted for medical detoxification. Procedures (methods): Subjects will be inpatients undergoing medical detoxification from alcohol. Oxytocin or placebo will be administered in a nasal spray twice daily in a randomized, double blind manner for three days. Withdrawal symptoms will be measured routinely at q4 hours and prn for length of hospital stay. Lorazepam will be given whenever withdrawal symptoms increase above specific parameters.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01212185
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 14 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 2010 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Mar 2011 (Actual)
- Completion
- Mar 2011 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- May 13, 2014
2010 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina Hospitals | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Central Regional Hospital | Raleigh | North Carolina | 27603 | — |
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