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Treating Alcohol Use In Older Adults With Depression

For Condition: Alcoholism,Depression
Status: Recruiting
Sponsor(s): Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Research Service ,
Synopsis: The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy combining a treatment for depression with a treatment for alcohol dependence.
Details: 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.
Eligibility:
Study Type:
  Interventional, Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Minimum Age/Maximum Age: 55 Years/
Genders: Both
Protocol Entry Criteria: AGE > 55 CURRENT DEPRESSIVE SYNDROME CURRENT ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE NO PSYCHOSIS NO OPIOID OR COCAINE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE
Total Enrollment: 

Location and Contact Information:

Philadelphia Vamc *Recruiting*
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  19104
United States
Recruiting DAVID  OSLIN 215-615-3083


Additional Information:
Study ID Numbers:
  MHBS-009-98S; 
Study Start Date: October 1999
Record last reviewed: June 2001
Additional information available at: clinicaltrials.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov Reference link: NCT00018824

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