Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam in Prevention of Alcohol Relapse in Recently Detoxified Alcohol Dependent Patients

Summary

Prospective randomized double blind controlled trial in prevention of relapse in recently detoxified alcohol dependent patients with levetiracetam and placebo.

Timeline

Start

2007-05

Primary completion

2009-07

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Background Krebs M, Leopold K, Richter C, Kienast T, Hinzpeter A, Heinz A, Schaefer M. Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006 Jun;26(3):347-9. doi: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000219926.49799.89. No abstract available.
• Richter C, Effenberger S, Bschor T, Bonnet U, Haasen C, Preuss UW, Heinz A, Forg A, Volkmar K, Glauner T, Schaefer M. Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for the prevention of alcohol relapse in recently detoxified alcohol-dependent patients: a randomized trial. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2012 Aug;32(4):558-62. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31825e213e.

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