Julien Guiraud, Giovanni Addolorato, Mariangela Antonelli, Henri-Jean Aubin, Andrea de Bejczy, Amine Benyamina, Roberto Cacciaglia, Fabio Caputo, Maurice Dematteis, Anna Ferrulli, Anna E Goudriaan, Antoni Gual, Otto-Michael Lesch, Icro Maremmani, Antonio Mirijello, David J Nutt, François Paille, Pascal Perney, Roch Poulnais, Quentin Raffaillac, Jürgen Rehm, Benjamin Rolland, Claudia Rotondo, Bruno Scherrer, Nicolas Simon, Katrin Skala, Bo Söderpalm, Lorenzo Somaini, Wolfgang H Sommer, Rainer Spanagel, Gabriele A Vassallo, Henriette Walter, Wim van den Brink
BACKGROUND: Sodium oxybate (SMO) has been shown to be effective in the maintenance of abstinence (MoA) in alcohol-dependent patients in a series of small randomized controlled trials (RCTs). These results needed to be confirmed by a large trial investigating the treatment effect and its sustainability after medication discontinuation. AIMS: To confirm the SMO effect on (sustained) MoA in detoxified alcohol-dependent patients. METHODS: Large double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in detoxified adult alcohol-dependent outpatients (80% men) from 11 sites in four European countries...
July 7, 2022: Journal of Psychopharmacology