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Incubation of Alcohol Craving During Abstinence

NCT01991704 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2013-11-25

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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.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Dependence

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • National Institute on Drug Dependence, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lin Lu, Prof. · National Institute on Drug Dependence, China

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-10-31

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