Probenecid as Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder (PROB)

Summary

The design is a randomized, within-subject, crossover, double-blind, placebo-controlled human alcohol laboratory study with one oral dose of 2g probenecid or placebo administered in two laboratory sessions.

Timeline

Start

2020-12-02

Primary completion

2023-05-16

Completion

2023-05-20

Publications

• Results Tunstall BJ, Lorrai I, McConnell SA, Gazo KL, Zallar LJ, de Guglielmo G, Hoang I, Haass-Koffler CL, Repunte-Canonigo V, Koob GF, Vendruscolo LF, Sanna PP. Probenecid Reduces Alcohol Drinking in Rodents. Is Pannexin1 a Novel Therapeutic Target for Alcohol Use Disorder? Alcohol Alcohol. 2019 Jan 9;54(5):497-502. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agz054.
• Results Hornbacher R, Gully BJ, Brown ZE, Brown JC, Magill M, Cioe PA, Swift RM, Sanna PP, Haass-Koffler CL. Probenecid as a pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder: A randomized placebo-controlled alcohol interaction trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2024 Dec;48(12):2391-2403. doi: 10.1111/acer.15470. Epub 2024 Oct 29.

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