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| Brief Title † | Treating Alcohol Use In Older Adults With Depression |
| Official Title † | The Treatment of Late Life Major Depression Complication by Alcohol |
| Brief Summary | The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy combining a treatment for depression with a treatment for alcohol dependence. |
| Detailed Description | This study aims to study 80 patients with comorbid alcohol dependence and a depressive syndrome. After appropriate detoxification, patients are started on either naltrexone 50 mg or placebo. After one week, sertraline is added in an open label fashion. It is hypothesized that those patients receiving combination therapy will last 3 months with follow-up tracking lasting 1 year. |
| Study Phase | Phase IV |
| Study Type † | Interventional |
| Study Design † | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Primary Outcome Measure † | |
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| Condition † | Alcoholism Depression |
| Intervention † | Drug: NALTREXONE |
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| Recruitment Information Fields | |
| Recruitment Status † | Completed |
| Enrollment † | |
| Start Date † | October 1999 |
| Completion Date | October 2002 |
| Eligibility Criteria † |
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| Gender | Both |
| Ages | 55 Years and older |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No |
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| Location Countries † | United States |
| Administrative Information Fields | |
| NCT ID † | NCT00018824 |
| Organization ID | MHBS-009-98S |
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| Study Sponsor † | Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| Investigators † | |
| Information Provided By | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Verification Date | December 2004 |
| First Received Date † | July 3, 2001 |
| Last Updated Date | June 23, 2005 |
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