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Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens and the Ventral Anterior Internal Capsule for Severe Alcohol Addiction

NCT01658592 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the ventral anterior internal capsule (VC) as a novel treatment in severe alcohol addiction. The included patients have been treated so far with drugs that inhibits alcohol, or psychological behavior training.

Our hypothesis is that bilateral NAc-VC DBS will significantly reduce the craving for alcohol and thus enable the patients to decrease their alcohol intake substantially.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Deep brain stimulation

Stimulator setting is ON

OTHER

Placebo

Stimulator setting is OFF

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tang-Du Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Guodong Gao

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gao G Dong, Doctor · Department of neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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