Randomized controlled pilot trial of cabergoline, hydergine and levodopa/carbidopa: Los Angeles Cocaine Rapid Efficacy Screening Trial (CREST).
Randomized controlled pilot trial of cabergoline, hydergine and levodopa/carbidopa: Los Angeles Cocaine Rapid Efficacy Screening Trial (CREST).
复制标题
卡麦角林、喜得角和左旋多巴/卡比多巴的随机对照试点试验:洛杉矶可卡因快速药效筛选试验 (CREST)。
作者:
S. Shoptaw;D. Watson;C. Reiber;R. Rawson;Margaret A. Montgomery;M. D. Majewska;W. Ling
AIM
This study tested three dopaminergic medications against a common unmatched placebo condition: hydergine 1 mg three times daily (n = 15); levodopa/carbidopa 25/100 mg three times daily (n = 15); cabergoline 0.5 mg per week (n = 15); and placebo three times daily (n = 15) as potential pharmacotherapies for cocaine dependence.
DESIGN
The four-parallel group, Cocaine Rapid Efficacy Screening Trial (CREST) design featured a 2-week baseline period followed by randomization to an 8-week medication condition that included 1 hour per week of cognitive behavioral drug counseling. A safety evaluation was conducted 4 weeks after termination.
MEASURES
Outcomes included cocaine metabolites measured in urine, retention and self-reports for drug use, cocaine craving, clinical improvement, mood and HIV risk behaviors.
RESULTS
Participants assigned to receive cabergoline provided more urine samples negative for cocaine metabolites (42.4%) than those assigned to receive placebo (25.0%), a statistically significant difference after controlling for baseline differences in self-reported cocaine use (F = 2.95, df = 3; P = 0.05). Cabergoline-treated participants demonstrated a significant improvement over placebo from baseline to week 8 when measured using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) employment subscale (overall change = - 0.09, SD = 0.10, t = 2.36, P < 0.05). Safety and adverse event measures showed similar rates and types of complaints by treatment condition.
CONCLUSIONS
These results, combined with the apparent safety of cabergoline when used with this population, provide empirical support for conducting a larger study of the medication.
影响因子:
13.9
作者:
D. Self;Eric J. Nestler
通讯作者:
D. Self;Eric J. Nestler
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
JOHNSON, SW;NORTH, RA
通讯作者:
NORTH, RA
DOI:
10.1080/10550889709511145
发表时间:
1997
期刊:
Journal of addictive diseases : the official journal of the ASAM, American Society of Addiction Medicine.
影响因子:
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作者:
Ling,W;Shoptaw,S
通讯作者:
Shoptaw,S