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Drug Discrimination in Methadone-Maintained Humans Study 1 (OMDD1)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Study NCT00593463   Information provided by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
First Received: January 4, 2008   Last Updated: May 28, 2009   History of Changes

January 4, 2008
May 28, 2009
September 2006
January 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Drug Discrimination Measure [ Time Frame: Every session ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Drug Discrimination Measure [ Time Frame: 3-5 times/week for duration of study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00593463 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
  • Self-reported effects [ Time Frame: Every Session ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Vital Signs [ Time Frame: Every session ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Same as current
 
Drug Discrimination in Methadone-Maintained Humans Study 1
Drug Discrimination in Methadone-Maintained Humans Study 1

This study involves giving psychoactive drugs intramuscularly (injected into the muscle of the upper arm or the hip) and/or orally, and measuring the subject's ability to tell the difference between one drug and another, as well as measuring the effects of the drugs on mood, physiology (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate) and behavior. Each subject will receive 2-4 of the listed interventions.

 
Phase I
Interventional
Other, Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Single Group Assignment
Drug Dependence
  • Drug: Cycloserine
  • Drug: Diltiazem
  • Drug: Gabapentin
  • Drug: Isradipine
  • Drug: Naloxone
  • Drug: Nifedipine
  • Drug: Placebo
  • Device: Saline
  • Drug: Verapamil
Experimental: Receives 2-4 of the interventions listed
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
40
January 2010
January 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Must be between the ages of 18-65.
  2. Participation in the UAMS Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic Methadone Maintenance Program or the CATAR Clinic Little Rock with maintenance on a stable dose of methadone (+ or - 10 mg) for at least 1 month prior to study entry.
  3. Subjects would have to be in "good standing" in the methadone maintenance program in order to participate; i.e., compliance with scheduled medication and group therapy session hours. This would be defined as < 3 missed methadone medications and missed < 3 group or <3 individual therapy sessions in the two months prior to study participation
  4. Subjects must submit a urine sample negative for illicit drugs prior to study entry.
  5. Subjects must be able to read and understand English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion criteria

  1. Ill health (major cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, hepatic disorder, to be determined by history provided by the prospective subject or laboratory evaluation as outlined below).
  2. Current diagnosis of other drug or alcohol physical dependence (other than tobacco).
  3. History of major psychiatric disorder (psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar, depression)
  4. Pregnancy, plans to become pregnant or inadequate birth control.
  5. Present or recent use of over-the-counter psychoactive drug, prescription psychoactive drug or drug that would have major interaction with drugs to be tested.
  6. History of severe reaction to Narcan challenge, which may have been given as part of admission into the Methadone Maintenance Program or to reverse overdose.
  7. Liver function tests greater than 3 times normal, BUN and Creatinine outside normal range, or thyroid function tests outside normal range.
  8. EKG abnormalities including but not limited to: bradycardia (<60 bpm); prolonged with QTc interval (>420 msec); Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome; wide complex tachycardia; 2nd degree, Mobitz type II heart block; 3rd degree heart block; left or right bundle branch block.
Both
18 Years to 65 Years
No
Contact: Paula Duke, RN, MA 501-526-8447 dukepaulac@uams.edu
United States
 
NCT00593463
Alison Oliveto, Ph.D./Principal Investigator, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
R01-DA010017-01, 57184, R01-DA010017, DPMCDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
University of Arkansas
Principal Investigator: Alison Oliveto, PhD University of Arkansas
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
May 2009

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