Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal in Hospital Patients

Phase 4 Completed 183 enrolled Virginia Commonwealth University National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test how tolerable and effective lorazepam is when used to treat alcohol withdrawal in hospital patients at risk for alcohol withdrawal.

Timeline

Start: 2001-04
Primary completion: 2003-05
Completion: 2003-05

Publications

Results Weaver MF, Hoffman HJ, Johnson RE, Mauck K. Alcohol withdrawal pharmacotherapy for inpatients with medical comorbidity. J Addict Dis. 2006;25(2):17-24. doi: 10.1300/j069v25n02_03.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Lorazepam	Small molecule	—	Oral

Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal in Hospital Patients

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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