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CompletedNCT01991704

Incubation of Alcohol Craving During Abstinence

The Neural Mechanisms of the Incubation of Cue-induced Craving in Alcohol Dependence

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
99 (actual)
Sponsor
National Institute on Drug Dependence, China · Academic / Other
Sex
Male
Age
18 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

In order to determine whether the 'incubation of craving' phenomenon also occurred in alcoholics, investigators employed an experimental approach to investigate the time course of cue-induced craving in alcoholism. Eighty male participants were randomly divided into Four groups, and they were assessed at 7, 14, 30, and 60 days of abstinence for cue-induced alcohol craving . Another group including 19 patients was repeatedly tested for the cue-induced alcohol craving at the above abstinence days. Other psychological and physiological measures were administered at the four abstinence time points.

Detailed description

All subjects provided written informed consent after a full explanation of the protocol design.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2011-10-01
Primary completion
2013-03-01
Completion
2013-10-01
First posted
2013-11-25
Last updated
2013-11-25

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01991704. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.