Conditions: Alcoholism
Keywords: Alcoholism Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic Intoxication Alcohol Abuse
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 130
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The primary objectives of this study are to assess the efficacy of levetiracetam XR in increasing the percentage of subjects with no heavy drinking days and in reducing the weekly percentage of heavy drinking days in subjects with alcohol dependence confirmed by DSM-IV criteria and who frequently consume 10 or more drinks per drinking day for men and 8 or more drinks per drinking day for women (designated as "very heavy" drinkers).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Group received Levetiracetam arm 2: Placebo

Interventions: intervention 1: BBCET intervention 2: BBCET intervention 3: Levetiracetam XR intervention 4: Sugar Pill
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 11 BBCET sessions intervention 2: 11 BBCET Sessions intervention 3: 500mg - 2000mg Once per day 16 weeks intervention 4: 500mg - 2000mg Once per day 16 weeks

Protocol document: