Status:
COMPLETED
Project 4: Acute Effects of Alcohol on Learning and Habitization in Healthy Young Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Technische Universität Dresden
Conditions:
Alcoholism
Eligibility:
MALE
18-18 years
Brief Summary
This project aims to investigate how dysfunctional learning and habitization are affected by acute alcohol exposure, and whether individual differences in such alcohol effects can predict later develo...
Detailed Description
This project is part of a large multi-center study in Dresden and Berlin on Learning and Alcohol Dependence (LeAD). Project 4 aims to investigate how dysfunctional learning and habitization are affect...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- men at age 18
- signed informed consent
- social drinking in the three months before participation participation, defined by at least two drinking days in any four weeks-interval
- ability to provide AUD information about biological parents and grandparents
Exclusion
- lifetime history of Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV bipolar or psychotic disorder
- current diagnosis of one of the following disorders: major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder
- prior treatment for any axis-I or axis-II disorder except for specific disorders of childhood and adolescence (i.e., oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD)
- history of substance dependence other than nicotine dependence
- current substance use other than nicotine and alcohol as evinced by positive urine screen
- history of severe head trauma or other severe central neurological disorder (e.g. multiple sclerosis)
- alcohol intake in the last 24 hours before test days
- use of medications or drugs known to interact with the central nervous system within the last 10 days or at least four half-lives post last intake
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
75 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01858818
Start Date
June 1 2013
End Date
October 1 2014
Last Update
February 12 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 01307