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St. PETERsburg Pain and Alcohol Intervention With Naltrexone and Gabapentin

NCT04052139 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2022-11-10

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Summary

This study is a 3-arm pilot, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of low-dose naltrexone and gabapentin versus placebo among HIV-positive persons with heavy alcohol use and chronic pain to provide estimates of their effects on 1) pain; 2) inflammation; and 3) measures of HIV control. Participants will be followed for 12 weeks. Assessments of study outcomes will be compared at week 8 (end of treatment phase).

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Low-dose naltrexone

4.5 mg of low dose naltrexone taken once daily for 8 weeks. In week 1, participants will take 4.5mg of naltrexone once daily. In week 2, participants will take 4.5mg of naltrexone once daily, and a placebo capsule twice daily. In weeks 3 through 7, participants will take 1 placebo capsule with 4.5 mg mg of naltrexone once daily, and 2 placebo capsules twice daily. In week 8, in days 1-4 participants will take 4.5 mg of naltrexone with a placebo capsule once daily and 2 placebo capsules twice daily; in days 5-7, participants will take 4.5 mg of naltrexone once daily, and a placebo capsule twice daily.

DRUG

Gabapentin

Dose will begin at 300 mg daily (300 mg qd), in week 2 the dose will be titrated up to 900 mg daily (300 mg tid). In week 3, the dose will be titrated to 1800 mg daily ( 2 capsules of 300 mg tid) and participants will remain on that dose until week 8. In week 8, in days 1-4 participants will take 1800 mg daily (300 mg+300 mg tid); in days 5-7, participants will take 900 mg daily (300 mg of gabapentin three times daily).

DRUG

Placebo

In week 1, participants will take 1 placebo capsule once daily. In week 2, participants will take 1 placebo capsule three times per day. In weeks 3 through 7, 2 placebo capsules three times per day. In week 8, in days 1-4 participants will take 2 placebo capsules three times per day; in days 5-7, participants will take 1 placebo capsule three times per day. The placebo medications will be composed of lactose and will not contain active ingredients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH · Boston University/Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-25
Primary Completion
2021-11-16
Completion
2021-12-15

Countries

  • Russia

Study Locations

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