Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02966873. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of N-Acetylcysteine for Alcohol Use Disorder and Comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02966873
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Other
- Enrollment
- 182 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Behavioral
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Other
- Inactive Placebo Oral Capsule Drug
- N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Treatment Drug
- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) Imaging Other
Behavioral · Other · Drug
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
- Sep 30, 2016
- Primary completion
- Sep 15, 2021
- Completion
- Sep 18, 2022
- Last update posted
- Apr 12, 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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About this trial record page
- 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 12, 2026 · Synced May 21, 2026
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