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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00027053
Date of registration: 19/11/2001
Primary sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital
Public title: Trazodone for Sleep Disturbance in Early Alcohol Recovery SIESTA
Scientific title: Trazodone for Sleep Disturbance - Early Alcohol Recovery
Date of first enrolment: June 2002
Target sample size: 173
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00027053
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Peter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Rhode Island Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Completed an alcohol detoxification program.

- Meets criteria for alcohol dependence.

- Meets criteria for sleep disturbance.

- If female of childbearing potential must be using adequate contraception.

- Has a location to which they will return after the initial research interview and a
person they regularly contact.

- Speaks English sufficiently to understand instructions and assessment.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Meets criteria for substance dependence for sedative/hypnotic drugs, stimulants,
cocaine or opiates, or of organic brain disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia,
schizoaffective, schizophreniform, or paranoid disorder, or major depression.

- Current suicidality.

- Use of psychotropic, antidepressant, anxiolytic or antidipsogenic medication.

- Inability or refusal to terminate the use of proerectile agents, herbal medications
or sleep medication for the study period.

- The presence of contraindications to the study medications, including
pregnancy/lactation, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, priapism or
hypotension.

- Presence of comorbid medical conditions associated with sleep disturbance including
obstructive sleep apnea, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus or emphysema.

- Evidence of neuropsychological dysfunction.

- Probation/parole requirements that might interfere with participation in study.

- Inability to identify at least one contact person.

- Living on the street after detoxification (homeless persons living in a shelter,
halfway house or other residence will not be excluded).



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Alcoholism
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Trazodone
Primary Outcome(s)
Percent days abstinent from alcohol (PDA) [Time Frame: 12 and 24 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Drinks per drinking day [Time Frame: 12 and 24 weeks]
sleep quality [Time Frame: 12 and 24 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
NIAAAFRI13243
NIH grant R01 AA013243
R01AA013243
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
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