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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/081102 [Registered on: 21/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 22/01/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Crossover Trial 
Public Title of Study   A study to compare the effectiveness of 100 mg naltrexone and 50 mg naltrexone in participants who have moderate to severe alcohol use problems. The main study aim will be to see how long the participants can stay away from alcohol and the side effects with the 2 doses of nalttrexone  
Scientific Title of Study   A Double-blind, Cross-over, Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare the Effectiveness of Higher Dose Oral Naltrexone with Standard Dose Oral Naltrexone in Moderate to Severe Alcohol Use Disorder 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr LALCHHANDAMA HAUHNAR 
Designation  DM (Superspecialty) Resident / Academic Senior Resident in Addiction Psychiatry 
Affiliation  Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur 
Address  Room 232, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur
UTTAR PRADESH
273008
India 
Phone  7005405607  
Fax    
Email  damtea.hauhnar@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr RICHA TRIPATHI 
Designation  Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry 
Affiliation  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur 
Address  Room NO.233, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Gorakhpur
UTTAR PRADESH
273008
India 
Phone  9999457412  
Fax    
Email  drricha12@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr LALCHHANDAMA HAUHNAR 
Designation  DM (Superspecialty) Resident / Academic Senior Resident in Addiction Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry 
Affiliation  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur 
Address  Room No. 232, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Gorakhpur
UTTAR PRADESH
273008
India 
Phone  7005405607  
Fax    
Email  damtea.hauhnar@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
None 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  All India Institute of Medical Sciences 
Address  Kunraghat, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. PIN: 273008 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr LALCHHANDAMA HAUHNAR  All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Room No. 232, Psychiatry Department
Gorakhpur
UTTAR PRADESH 
07005405607

damtea.hauhnar@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Human Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: F102||Alcohol dependence,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Tablet Naltrexone  Tablet Naltrexone 100 mg, once daily, orally, for 3 months followed by Tablet Naltrexone 50 mg, once daily, orally for next 3 months. 
Comparator Agent  Tablet Naltrexone 50 mg  Tablet Naltrexone 50 mg, once daily, orally for 3 months, followed by Tablet Naltrexone 100 mg, once daily, orally for next 3 months. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Male 
Details  Resident of Gorakhpur and literate enough to understand the questionnaires, fulfilling DSM-5 criteria for alcohol use disorder with severity of alcohol dependence questionnaire (SAD-Q) score of at least 16 (assessed for the preceding 6 months)and Patients willing for inpatient detoxification and abstinence for 1 week. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Presence of other moderate to severe substance use disorders except tobacco.

Presence of any major psychiatric condition (except subsyndromal depression or anxiety).
Any acute medical or neurological condition or intellectual disability.

Any chronic medical conditions (malignancy or chronic pain conditions) that may pose a contraindication for opioid antagonist treatment.

History of hypersensitivity to naltrexone in the past.

Active use of any opioids (use of any opioids in the last 7 days).

Evidence of compromised liver function, with liver enzymes raised more than three times the upper normal limit.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Number of participants that become abstinent:
2. If relapse, the number of days of abstinence
3. Number of lapses
4. Number of drinks per day: both for lapse and relapse
5. Severity of craving: The severity of craving will be assessed and quantified using the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale.
6. Treatment completion and dropout in each group.
 
At baseline, at the end of 1st month, 2nd month, 3rd month, 4th month, 5th month, and 6th month. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Serum aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (SGPT) levels.
Treatment emergent adverse events
 
6 time points: at the end of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th months 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="26"
Sample Size from India="26" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   27/02/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   The study will be a double-blind crossover randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of 100 mg oral naltrexone with 50 mg naltrexone in moderate to severe alcohol use disorder. It will be a non-funded, hospital-based prospective study for 6 months for each of the 26 patients to be recruited.The primary outcome measures will be the the rate of abstinence, while the secondary outcome measure will be tolerability or adverse events. 
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