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Rapid Determination Of The Clinical Utility Of Perampanel For The Treatment Of Alcohol Dependence

The purpose of this study is to determine whether perampanel alters the response to alcohol for heavy drinkers. It is hypothesized that perampanel will reduce the rewarding and reinforcing properties of alcohol in the laboratory setting.

Start: June 2019

Characterization Imaging Instruments in Alcoholics and Non-Alcoholics

Background: - People with alcoholism have differences in their brains compared with healthy people. People who are dependent on alcohol also perform differently on behavioral tasks. Researchers want to find out more about these differences. They also want to see if these differences are related to DNA. Objective: - To see if differences in brain structure relate to personality and behavior differences in people with and without alcohol dependence. Eligibility: - Adults age 18 and older. Design: Participants will visit the NIH Clinical Center once during the study. Participants will be screened with a medical history, EKG, and physical exam. They will give blood and urine samples and undergo a psychiatric interview. Participants will be asked about their alcohol drinking, to see if they have an alcohol use disorder. Participants will play three computerized games. Some will play these games inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. MRI: strong magnetic field and radio waves take pictures of the brain. Participants lie on a table that slides in and out of a cylinder. They will be in the scanner for about 90 minutes. They may lie still for up to 20 minutes at a time. The scanner makes loud knocking noises. They will get earplugs.

Start: July 2014

Suicidal Behavior in Patients Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder

The purpose of this study is to learn the environmental and psychological factors that impact suicidality in patients diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Additionally, the study aims to identify treatments to reduce the suicidal behavior and improve quality of life through a 6-week group-based intervention program.

Start: January 2016

Unit and Clinic Evaluation, Screening, Assessment, and Management

Background: - About 17 million adults had an alcohol use disorder in 2012. Researchers want to follow people that have alcohol problems and want treatment, as well as those who do not want treatment and healthy volunteers. They also want to gather information on people with and without alcohol problems, including information on genes and biological processes in the body.. This will help them better understand, prevent, and treat alcohol problems. Objective: -To look at a broad range of traits in people who are healthy people and people with alcohol problems. To study them for potential eligibility for other research protocols conducted at the NIH Clinical Center. Eligibility: Adults age 18 and older. Not being pregnant or imprisoned. Design: Participants will have a physical exam. They will answer questions about their health and alcohol and drug use. They will have an electrocardiogram to check their heart. They will have blood, urine, and breath alcohol tests. Participants without alcohol problems, or who have them but do not want treatment, can sign the second consent for screening and research. Participants that have alcohol problems and want treatment will be treated at the NIH Clinical Center. They will be offered to sign the second consent at a later time. Participants may join an inpatient treatment and detox program. It could last up to 6 weeks. Or they may join an outpatient program. Some may do both. After discharge, participants may be called and asked questions about their drinking and health. If participants sign the second consent, they: will complete paper- and computer-based questionnaires. will give blood samples. may have a brain scan using magnetic resonance imaging. They will lie on a table that slides in and out of a cylinder that takes pictures. The machine makes loud noises. They will get earplugs.

Start: January 2015

Behavioral and Functional MRI Task Development, Implementation, and Testing

Background: - Scientists know that alcohol use disorders affect brain structure. They want to know more about the effects of alcohol use disorders on a person s behavior. They want to develop tasks that can be done inside a scanner that can help them better understand these effects in later studies. Objective: - To develop tasks that investigate a person s behavior that can be used in later studies. Eligibility: Inpatient participants of another study. They must be physically healthy right-handed adults 18 60 years old. Healthy right-handed volunteers 18 60 years old. Design: Participants will be screened with medical history and physical exam. They will have an EKG to record heart activity. They will give blood and urine samples and have a psychiatric interview. Participants will have between one and three visits. Participants will be asked about their alcohol drinking to see if they have an alcohol use disorder. Participants will complete one of three simple computerized tasks either inside the magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scanner or outside of it. The MRI scanner takes pictures of the brain. The scanner is a metal cylinder. Participants lie on a table that can slide in and out of the cylinder. They will be in the scanner for about 60 minutes. They may have to lie still for up to 20 minutes. The scanner makes loud knocking noises, but they will get earplugs.

Start: May 2014

Aripiprazole for Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder

The investigators will conduct a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of aripiprazole in 132 persons with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and bipolar I or II disorder, currently depressed or mixed phase. Primary Aim will be to assess change in alcohol use by the Timeline Followback (TLFB) method. Secondary Aim will include change in alcohol craving using the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS). Changes in psychiatric symptoms (mania/hypomania and depression) and predictors of response will be assessed. Participants with ? 1 drinking day at week 12 will be enrolled in a 4-week extension phase with an upward titration to 30 mg/day for those in the active treatment group. The placebo group will remain on placebo. Subjects will be discontinued from the study if any of the following conditions occurs: change in diagnosis to other than bipolar I or II disorder and AUD, development of active suicidal or homicidal ideation with plan and intent, worsening in mood symptoms, that in the opinion of the investigators requires discontinuation, pregnancy, development of severe or life-threatening medical condition, involuntary psychiatric hospitalization or incarceration, significant alcohol withdrawal (e.g. delirium tremens) based on clinical judgment (increases in Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol (CIWA-Ar) scores will initiate a careful clinical assessment of possible worsening of withdrawal symptoms), or cocaine or amphetamine-positive urine drug screen during the study.

Start: November 2016

Ketogenic Diet (KD) in Alcoholism

Background: A ketogenic diet (KD) is high in fat and low in carbohydrates. Research has shown that a KD can lessen tremor in animals withdrawing from alcohol. KD can also help people who have difficulties with thinking, sleep, and mood. Researchers want to see if KD can lessen symptoms of alcohol withdrawal in people with alcohol use disorder. Objective:<TAB> To test the effects of a ketogenic diet on alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Eligibility: Adults 18 years or older who are moderate or severe alcohol drinkers and are seeking treatment for alcohol use. They must be in the NIAAA inpatient alcohol treatment program. Design: Participants will be screened under another protocol. They will have a medical and psychiatric history, physical exam, and blood and urine tests. Participants will have a breath test for alcohol. The study will be done in a 3-week stay in the clinic. Participants will get either a KD or Standard American diet. Participants will have breathalyzer, blood, and urine tests. Participants will have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The scanner is a cylinder in a magnetic field. They will lie on a table that slides in and out of the cylinder. They will do tasks on a computer during the scan. Participants will have tests of thinking, memory, and attention. Participants will have their sleeping and waking measured. They will wear a device like a headband held in place with elastic straps. Several electrodes will be placed on the body. Participants will have heart tests. Participants will wear an activity monitor on the wrist. After the clinic stay, participants will be called by phone about 5 times over 3 months. ...

Start: October 2017

Ibogaine in the Treatment of Alcoholism: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Escalating-dose, Phase 2 Trial

Approximately 5% of the world's adult population has some alcohol-related disorder, which in addition is associated with 3% of all deaths in the world. In Brazil, harmful use and dependence on alcohol reach about 10% of the population, with alcohol being one of the main factors of disease and mortality. Although the medications currently used have some efficacy, the adverse effects and relatively long time of treatment are factors that may reduce patients' motivation to continue taking the medication correctly. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research with new drugs for the treatment of alcoholism. Ibogaine is an alkaloid present in the bush Tabernanthe iboga (iboga), a plant from Central Africa traditionally used in countries such as Gabon and Cameroon. Animal studies and case series suggest that one or a few doses of ibogaine significantly reduce withdrawal symptoms and the intensity of use of various drugs, including opioids, psychostimulants, and alcohol. However, there are no controlled clinical studies that have explored these effects. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of increasing doses of ibogaine in 12 alcoholic patients. Each patient will be hospitalized for 20 days and receive 3 increasing doses of ibogaine. The first 3 patients will receive oral doses of 20 to 400 mg of ibogaine in an open-label design. If the 3 higher doses (240, 320 and 400 mg) are well tolerated, the next 9 volunteers will receive these doses or placebo randomly. The volunteers will also be evaluated 7, 14 and 21 days and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after leaving the hospital to monitor the consumption of alcohol and other drugs.

Start: October 2021

Neuroimmune Dysfunction in Alcohol Use Disorder

The objective of this proposal is to advance medication development for alcohol use disorder by examining the efficacy and mechanisms of action of minocycline, a neuroimmune modulator, as a potential treatment. This study has important clinical implications, as the available treatments for alcohol use disorder are only modestly effective and testing novel medications is a high research priority.

Start: February 2020

Individualized Assessment and Treatment for Alcoholism II

The object of this study is to develop a treatment for alcohol use disorders that is more effective than current CB treatments. Through a 2009 R-21 pilot project the investigators developed a cognitive-behavioral (CB) treatment that employed cellphone-based experience sampling (ES) to collect detailed patient data, in near real-time, and that used those data to direct treatment for each patient based on his/her pattern of drinking and specific coping actions during high-risk situations. ES data included momentary assessments of situations, thoughts and feelings antecedent to drinking episodes, and the use of coping skills. That initial study of the Individualized Assessment and Treatment Program (IATP) showed promise. The present study is intended to extend the earlier findings, to compare IATP to a more active control treatment, and to evaluate long-term outcomes.

Start: August 2016

Effectiveness of High-frequency rTMS in Reducing Alcohol Consumption in Non-abstinent Patients With an Alcohol Use Disorder

The fight against alcoholism is a public health priority. Around 15 million Europeans and 10 million North Americans are alcohol dependent. Worldwide, 1 death out of 25 is thought to be attributed to alcohol. In France, the latest published data on alcohol-related mortality indicates that there were 49,000 alcohol-related deaths in 2009. Alcohol is thought to be the leading cause of hospitalisation for French people, and its social cost is estimated at 37.4 billion euros. However, few patients with an alcohol use disorder are treated: less than 8% in Europe and less than 10.5% in the USA receive appropriate treatment for their alcohol problem. This low rate of treatment is mainly due to the fact that these patients are not ready to stop drinking. They are therefore not attracted by the goal of abstinence that is required by most current therapies and drug treatments. The arrival of new treatments aimed at reducing consumption (rather than abstinence) should make treatment more attractive. To date, nalmefen is the only treatment marketed for this indication. Baclofen should be marketed in 2020, but with restrictive prescription criteria. In this new strategy to reduce consumption, brain stimulation could play a predominant role as an alternative or complementary therapy. Indeed, functional brain imaging techniques have made it possible to visualise the cortical regions involved in craving, in particular the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Craving, i.e. the irrepressible desire to consume, is often at the origin of consumption and relapse. Stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with non-invasive cerebral stimulation techniques, such as repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), has provided encouraging results for the reduction of cravings in all addictive behaviours (alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, food). Furthermore, stimulation of the DLPFC seems to modulate decision-making processes: it may thus reduce impulsivity and strengthen inhibitory control, leading to a reduction in substance use. The hypothesis to be tested is that repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation allows a reduction in alcohol consumption in patients with an alcohol use disorder.

Start: March 2021

The Tolerability and Effects of AZD0530 in Individuals With or Without a Family History of Alcoholism

Functional neuroimaging of alcoholism vulnerability: glutamate, reward, impulsivity, and Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT), part II Saracatinib

Start: November 2014

TREAT Child Alcohol Use Disorder (C-AUD) in Eastern Uganda

The investigators will investigate the existence of alcohol drinking among children living under adult supervision and care, living within the communities. The investigators will focus on the age group 6-13 years overlapping with the recommended age for primary school attendance. The project is approaching the research topic using quantitative and qualitative methods. The TREAT C-AUD research project will therefore document to which degree alcohol drinking is a problem among children in Mbale, Eastern Uganda.

Start: December 2020

PTSD, AUD, and Interpersonal Conflict: Within-person Associations

The present study seeks to increase understanding of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among veterans, an important public health concern. We will study the effects of regulatory deficits and sleep disturbance on the dynamic course of PTSD and AUD. The study will investigate whether a short, computerized training in the laboratory will alter maladaptive response biases and reduce associations between sleep disturbance, affect and behavioral dysregulation, AUD symptoms, and PTSD symptoms in the real world.

Start: December 2020

Behavioral Alcohol Responses (BAR) Study

This study aims to identify risk factors that prospectively predict alcohol problems in young adults.

Start: February 2018

Alcohol and Women : Screening in General

The alcohol consumption of adults has been decreasing in France since the sixties. When focusing on the particular case of women, this trend goes on the opposite direction. In addition, the impact of drinking alcohol involves an increased severity in women in comparison to men. Furthermore, women consult less often doctors about their alcohol problem due to stigmatisation. Finally, as alcohol consumption is a major public health issue (second preventable cause of death), the aim of this study is to propose an earlier screening of women with alcohol use disorders (AUD) in general medicine.

Start: December 2020

Influence of a Multi-parametric Optimization Strategy for General Anesthesia on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality

With the increasing aging population demographics and life expectancies, the number of very elderly patients undergoing surgery is rising. Elderly patients constitute an increasingly large proportion of the high-risk surgical group. Cardiac complications and postoperative pulmonary complications are equally prevalent and contribute similarly to morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay. Specific optimization strategy of general anesthesia has been tested in high-risk patients undergoing major surgery to improve outcomes. Our hypothesis is that a combined optimization strategy of anesthesia concerning hemodynamic, ventilation, and depth of anesthesia may improve short- and long- term outcome in elderly undergoing high risk surgery.

Start: February 2017

Topiramate Augmenting Strategies for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

This is a pilot study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability of Topiramate (TPM) + N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in combination versus Topiramate (TPM) + placebo for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Start: May 2017

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

This is a pilot study designed to evaluate the efficacy of High Frequency (HF) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (L-DLPFC) at improving cognitive flexibility in recently detoxified individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) compared to placebo (Sham rTMS). The total number of subjects requested to be randomized is 20. The investigator will need to screen about 40 subjects to have 20 subjects started on rTMS session at a ratio of 2 screens/1 subject randomized.

Start: July 2019

Evaluating Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorder

The purpose of this study is to investigate how behavioral treatments for alcohol use disorders affect behavior change.

Start: November 2015