Status:

COMPLETED

Citicoline Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence

Lead Sponsor:

Perry Renshaw

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Conditions:

Methamphetamine Dependence

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-45 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if citicoline (a nutritional supplement) is effective in helping people reduce their dependence on methamphetamine. The investigators will use neuroimaging to ...

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, in which we will systematically evaluate the therapeutic effects of citicoline, which may both increase dopamine and normaliz...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Methamphetamine Dependent Subject Eligibility:
  • Subjects who use methamphetamine as their preferred drug of abuse.
  • Subjects must be between the ages of 18 and 45 years.
  • Subjects must have recent methamphetamine use (within 6 months of screening).
  • Subjects must have an established residence and phone.
  • Subjects must be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Significant current or past medical, neurological, or psychiatric co-morbidity including cardiovascular, renal, and endocrine disorder, as identified by medical history.
  • Pregnant subjects - due to the unknown effects of MRI on a fetus. In addition, women of childbearing potential who will not practice a medically accepted method of contraception will be excluded. Female subjects who are of child-bearing potential will have to pass a urine pregnancy test before each visit.
  • Subjects who, in the investigator's judgment, pose a current serious homicidal or suicidal risk.
  • Subjects who will not likely be able to comply with the study protocol.
  • Subjects who have any contraindication to an MR scan.
  • Hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or excipients
  • Subjects with current DSM-IV diagnosis of a major mental illness. Major illness will be defined as Major Depression, Manic Depression, Schizophrenia, Dissociative Disorder, other psychotic illnesses, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and Panic Disorder.
  • Predominant alcohol or other substance dependence as preferred drug of abuse.
  • Positive HIV test result.
  • An individual having any pending legal or criminal charge or action, or who has pending or a reasonable potential for court involvement, or a person who is incarcerated or is in detention, or who is pending or having completed a competency evaluation or commitment procedure.
  • Healthy Control Subject Eligibility:
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Subjects must be between the ages of 18 and 45 years.
  • Subjects must be able to give informed consent.
  • To have an established residence and phone.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

104 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00950352

Start Date

January 1 2010

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

February 11 2015

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The Brain Institute of the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108