Clinical trialNCT01262287CompletedPhase 4Interventional

Dutasteride for the Reduction of Alcohol Use in Male Drinkers

SponsorUConn HealthEnrollment47Alcohol AbuseAlcohol DependenceAlcoholism

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether dutasteride is safe and effective for reducing alcohol use in male drinkers who want to stop or reduce their drinking. The investigators hypothesize that at a dosage of 1mg/day, dutasteride will be well tolerated and that, compared to placebo treatment, dutasteride will result in a greater reduction in the amount of alcohol consumed per week. The study sample size is of a pilot scale and is designed to provide additional support for the study hypothesis and provide an estimate of likely effect sizes in order to design a more definitive study.

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Investigators

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Jonathan Covault, MD, PhD
UConn Health
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Dutasteride →Placebo

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jan 2011
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2012
Completion: 31 Dec 2012
Last update posted: 20 Mar 2017
Registered enrollment: 47
Registry id: NCT01262287

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