Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of N-Acetylcysteine for Alcohol Use Disorder and Comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Brief summary
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This is a randomized controlled Phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in reducing Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) severity and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology among individuals with current AUD and PTSD.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02966873
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 182 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Treatment Drug
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Behavioral
- Inactive Placebo Oral Capsule Drug
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Other
- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) Imaging Other
Drug · Behavioral · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- 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
- Oct 1, 2016 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Sep 16, 2021 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 19, 2022 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Apr 13, 2026
2016 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29401 | — |
| The Charleston Center | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
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- What this page shows
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- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 13, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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