Clinical trials: Drug Withdrawal Symptoms
Palliative Care, Withdrawal of Life Support
End-of-life Care in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Impact of a Comprehensive Palliative Care Protocol in the Intensive Care Setting
The ARREVE-3 trial will evaluate whether a structured palliative care protocol can improve end-of-life management for mechanically ventilated ICU patients in whom a decision to withdraw life-sustaining therapies has been made.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Withdrawal of Life Support, Intensive Care Medicine, Sedation
- Trial name
- ARREVE-3 (NCT07368010)
- Testing
- Protocol for palliative care and life-support withdrawal
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 720 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Opiate Addiction
Opiate Detoxification Using the Combined Hemoperfusion-hemodialysis
The purpose of this study is to determine whether combined hemoperfusion-hemodialysis treatment is an alternative drug-free, effective, and safe treatment for opiate detoxification.
- Trial name
- HPDMT (NCT01021566)
- Testing
- Combined hemoperfusion-hemodialysis, Methadone
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- First People's Hospital of Foshan
Neuralgia, Postherpetic, Diabetic Neuropathy
Neuropathic Pain Syndrome Patient Study (MK-0000-072)
The purpose of this study is to determine the best way to conduct clinical trials in patients with neuropathic pain (nerve pain). This study will see if generic pregabalin has any effect on neuropathic pain.
- Conditions
- Neuralgia, Postherpetic, Diabetic Neuropathy, Painful Small-Fiber Neuropathy, Idiopathic Distal Sensory Polyneuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT00570310
- Testing
- Comparator: pregabalin
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Smoking Cessation, Withdrawal Symptoms
The Effect of Honey on Lessening the Withdrawal Symptoms
This project investigates the effect of honey on lessening the withdrawal symptoms according to the body constitution.
- Trial name
- NCT05264428
- Testing
- Honey, Water
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
The Effect of Melatonin Upon Post-Acute Withdrawal Among Males in a Residential Treatment Program
Individuals recovering from drug and/or alcohol addiction initially experience the symptoms of acute withdrawal before experiencing the symptoms of post-acute withdrawal (PAWS).
- Trial name
- M-PAWS (NCT02431728)
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Duquesne University
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Abuse and Addiction in ICU
Investigators are seeking to determine the impact of recent alcohol, smoking or psychotropic drug use prior to intensive care unit (ICU) admission on incidence of delirium and sedation requirements.
- Trial name
- NCT02951793
- Testing
- AUDIT-C, Smoking history, Prior psychotropic medication use
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Opioid Withdrawal
Dexmedetomidine in the Treatment of Symptoms Of Acute Opioid Withdrawal
This Phase 1b/2 inpatient study assessed the safety, pharmacokinetics, and early signs of efficacy of escalating doses of BXCL501 versus placebo following discontinuation of morphine maintenance.
- Trial name
- NCT04470050
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- BioXcel Therapeutics Inc
Cardiotoxicity, HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Safety of Withdrawal of Pharmacological Treatment for Recovered HER2 Targeted Therapy Related Cardiac Dysfunction
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United Kingdom (UK), but improvements in treatment mean 3 in 4 people survive for more than 10 years.
- Conditions
- Cardiotoxicity, HER2-positive Breast Cancer, Heart Failure, Cancer, Therapy-Related
- Trial name
- HER-SAFE (NCT05880160)
- Testing
- Phased withdrawal of heart failure medications
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Withdrawal Syndrome in CML Patients: Observatory Trial Studying the Biological Factors.
Patients who suffer from chronic myeloid leukemia are treated by tyrosin kinase inhibitors (TKI) saying imatinib, nilotinib, dasatinib, bosutinib and ponatinib.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Withdrawal Syndrome
- Trial name
- KIWIS (NCT03996096)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Effect of Ondansetron for Withdrawal Symptoms
We hope to determine whether Ondansetron, an anti-nausea medication, works to help relieve withdrawal symptoms experienced while the patient is being weaned off opioid medications.
- Trial name
- NCT00695864
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
HIV Infections, Histoplasmosis
Withdrawal of Antifungal Treatment for Histoplasmosis in Patients After Improved Immune Response to Anti-HIV Drugs
The purpose of this study is to determine whether stopping preventive histoplasmosis medications in patients who are currently receiving effective anti-HIV drugs will place them at risk for getting histoplasmosis again.
- Trial name
- NCT00006316
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Steroid Withdrawal Intervention in Fife and Tayside
The SWIFT trial is a cluster randomised trial to determine if a patient identification, feedback and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) withdrawal intervention in primary care can result in more appropriate inhaled corticosteroid use…
- Trial name
- SWIFT (NCT03489746)
- Testing
- ICS withdrawal protocol, Standard care
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- NHS Tayside
Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and Bupropion Mechanisms of Effectiveness in Smokers
The purpose of this study is to better characterize differences in mood, attention, brain activation patterns underlying the beneficial effects of pharmacological treatments previously demonstrated to be help individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT01048944
- Testing
- Bupropion SR, Nicotine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 197 people
- Sponsor
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Signs and Symptoms of Opioid-associated Iatrogenic Withdrawal in Critically Ill Adults
Mechanically ventilated critically ill adults may require prolonged administration of opioids to facilitate ventilator support and maintain comfort.
- Trial name
- SOWA-ICU (NCT03435614)
- Testing
- Opioids
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Marc M. Perreault
Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain
A Research Study of an Investigational Drug ALO-02 (Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Naltrexone Hydrochloride) in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Low Back Pain
The primary objective of the study is to determine the analgesic efficacy and safety of ALO-02 extended-release capsules, when compared to placebo, in subjects with moderate to severe chronic low back pain.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain, Analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT01571362
- Testing
- ALO-02
- Where
- 52 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 410 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
COVID-19, ARDS
Assessment of Analgesics and Sedatives in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With COVID-19
The analgesic and sedation requirements in critically ill patients with COVID-19 have yet to be described. There are various factors that are likely affecting the agents being utilized for analgesia and sedation in these patients…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, ARDS, Withdrawal Syndrome, Iatrogenic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05336656
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 353 people
- Sponsor
- Wilkes University
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Does Abstinence From E-cigarettes Produce Withdrawal Symptoms?
The purpose of this study is to see whether adults who use e-cigarettes every day experience symptoms of nicotine withdrawal when they stop using e-cigarettes for 6 days.
- Trial name
- NCT02825459
- Testing
- Abstinence from e-cigarettes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Withdrawal
Novel Earpiece for Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation (tAN) for Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
The objective of this study is to evaluate whether tAN via the tragus (vagal) and auriculotemporal (trigeminal) nerve pathways results in a clinically meaningful reduction in opioid withdrawal symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT04731935
- Testing
- Sparrow Therapy System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spark Biomedical, Inc.
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neurostimulation to Improve NOWS Outcomes
The objective of this study is to determine if tAN therapy can reduce the median number of days of oral morphine administered to an infant after start of treatment.
- Trial name
- SPROUT (NCT05129020)
- Testing
- Sparrow Fledging Therapy System
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Spark Biomedical, Inc.
Smoking Cessation
Nicotine Patch Trial in Syrian Primary Care Settings
The study is a two-arm, parallel group, randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial, conducted at four primary health care centers in Aleppo, Syria, to test the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patch therapy vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01085032
- Testing
- Transdermal Nicotine
- Where
- Syria
- Volunteers
- 269 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Memphis