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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01137890
Date of registration: 03/06/2010
Primary sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Public title: Effect of Zonisamide on Cocaine Reinforcement, Craving, and Relapse
Scientific title: Effect of Zonisamide on Cocaine Reinforcement, Craving, and Relapse
Date of first enrolment: June 2010
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01137890
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Jessica Vanderhoff
Address: 
Telephone: 410-550-2799
Email: jvande20@jhmi.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Sarah Ilk
Address: 
Telephone: 410-550-0159
Email: silk1@jhmi.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Annie Umbricht, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age at least 21 years old, not older than 45 years.

- Evidence of cocaine dependence.

- Not seeking treatment for cocaine abuse.

- Able and willing to be restricted to our unit for 6-7 weeks.

- Able to answer frequent questionnaires reliably and consistently.

- Smoker.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergy to Sulfonamide drugs (e.g. topiramate, zonisamide,
sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim).

- Diabetes, respiratory insufficiency, renal tubular acidosis or renal insufficiency,
heart failure, liver insufficiency, chronic diarrhea, other chronic diseases
predisposing to acidosis.

- Renal insufficiency defined as serum creatine > 1.30 mg/DL for males or > 1.03 mg/DL
for females.

- History of nephrolithiasis, unexplained hematuria on screening urinalysis.

- History of head injury (with loss of consciousness longer than a few minutes).

- History of seizure, or use of antiepileptic medications.

- HIV positive individuals who meet AIDS by CDC criteria or are on antiretroviral
medications.

- BMI < 19 or BMI > 34.

- Total cholesterol > 240mg%.

- Serous psychiatric illness with psychosis, dementia.

- Glaucoma, family history of glaucoma, one-sided blindness.

- For female participants: being pregnant, lactating or not using an effective method
of contraception.

- Physical dependence on any drug other than cocaine, nicotine, or caffeine.



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cocaine Dependence
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Neurocognitive and Performance Battery
Behavioral: Smoking Assessments
Drug: Cocaine Hydrochloride
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Zonisamide
Primary Outcome(s)
Behavioral Choice measures [Time Frame: self-administration sessions]
Cocaine selective severity assessment (measure of cocaine craving) [Time Frame: daily]
subjective and objective measures of drug effect [Time Frame: repeated interval during self-administration sessions]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Medication side-effects [Time Frame: daily]
neurocognitive assessment [Time Frame: every other week]
smoking behaviors [Time Frame: week-end days]
Secondary ID(s)
R01DA027065
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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