Chronic Alcohol and Brain Stress Circuit Response

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01031264

Enrollment

120

Registered

2009-12-14

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-07-30

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Conditions

Alcoholism, Stress

Keywords

social drinkers

Brief summary

Alcoholism is among the top three causes of preventable death and disease in the US (Mokdad et al., 2004; Room et al., 2005). Stress plays an important role in the development of alcoholism and in high vulnerability to alcohol relapse. This study will provide a greater understanding of the mechanism by which stress and alcohol consumption interacts to influence development of compulsive alcohol seeking and vulnerability to stress-induced drinking, and the results will have significant implications for the development of new prevention and treatment interventions for alcoholism.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* ages 21-50

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assess differences in reactivity to cue imagery	2 years from start of study	Physiological measures will be collected (heart rate, blood levels), self-reports of emotional states completed & alcohol taste task performed

Countries

United States

Outcome results