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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Pfizer |
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Information provided by: | Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00197951 |
Alcohol dependent patients show comorbid psychiatric symptoms, related to malfunction of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin neurotransmission, during early recovery. Ziprasidone can improve malfunctioning of these disregulated systems, thereby improving anxiety, depression, anhedonia, anger, and alcohol craving.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Depression Anger Anxiety Alcoholism |
Drug: Treatment of psychiatric symptoms associated to alcoholism |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Clinical Trial With Ziprasidone for the Treatment of Psychiatric Pathology, Not Being a Severe Mental Disorder, Associated to Alcohol Dependence Disorder. |
Estimated Enrollment: | 60 |
Study Start Date: | October 2004 |
Study Completion Date: | April 2007 |
60 alcohol-dependent patients will be included, once finished alcohol detoxification treatment.Thirty patients will receive ziprasidone treatment, in progressively increasing doses, starting from 40 mg per day, and the other 30 patients will receive placebo, in a double blind procedure
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Spain | |
Unidad de Conductas Adictivas//Servicio de Psiquiatría//Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | |
Barcelona, Spain, 08025 |
Principal Investigator: | Josep Guardia, MD | Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau |
Study ID Numbers: | 2004-001056-36 |
Study First Received: | September 12, 2005 |
Last Updated: | April 20, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00197951 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Spain: Spanish Agency of Medicines |
Psychiatric symptoms associated to alcoholism recovery Alcoholism treatment Alcohol craving Relapse to heavy drinking Abuse of other substances during alcoholism recovery |
Neurotransmitter Agents Tranquilizing Agents Depression Psychotropic Drugs Central Nervous System Depressants Disorders of Environmental Origin Depressive Disorder Antipsychotic Agents Serotonin |
Behavioral Symptoms Dopamine Mental Disorders Alcoholism Substance-Related Disorders Dopamine Agents Alcohol-Related Disorders Ziprasidone Ethanol |
Neurotransmitter Agents Tranquilizing Agents Depression Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Physiological Effects of Drugs Psychotropic Drugs Central Nervous System Depressants Disorders of Environmental Origin Dopamine Antagonists Antipsychotic Agents Pharmacologic Actions |
Behavioral Symptoms Serotonin Antagonists Serotonin Agents Mental Disorders Therapeutic Uses Alcoholism Substance-Related Disorders Dopamine Agents Alcohol-Related Disorders Ziprasidone Central Nervous System Agents |