Conditions: Alcohol Drinking
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 5
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this alcohol-interaction pilot study is to provide information on the effect of AZD0530 (Saracatinib) on the pharmacokinetics of alcohol and on alcohol responses, including stimulation, sedation, intoxication, body sway and physiological responses. The investigators propose to test the effects of a single dose of AZD0530 (125 mg) on alcohol related responses. This is a within subjects open label study in which the investigators plan to run 8 subjects to obtain 5 completers.

Detailed description:
The purpose of this alcohol-interaction pilot study is to provide information on the effect of AZD0530 (Saracatinib) on the pharmacokinetics of alcohol and on alcohol responses, including stimulation, sedation, intoxication, body sway and physiological responses. The investigators propose to test the effects of a single dose of AZD0530 (125 mg) on alcohol related responses. This is a within subjects open label study in which the investigators plan to run 8 subjects to obtain 5 completers.

Subjects will participate in two lab sessions, one prior to taking medication and one following 8-11 days of AZD0530. During each session, participants will receive successive doses of alcohol over a 90 min period designed to raise their blood alcohol levels to 80 mg/dl; this dose was chosen because this is close to the legal limit of intoxication and to the peak blood alcohol content (BAC) we have observed in prior research studies.Subjects will be monitored throughout the lab session and will receive a phone call two days following the 2nd lab session and a follow-up appointment one week after the 2nd lab session to assess any remaining side effects from the medication.

Once it is determined that there is no change in the pharmacokinetics of alcohol or AZD0530, as well as no difference in behavioral or cognitive responses to alcohol in the presence of AZD0530, the investigators will begin the pilot study examining the effects of two doses of AZD0530 on behavioral measures related to alcohol self-administration following a fixed dose of alcohol in alcohol abusive or dependent heavy drinkers, and compare responses to those obtained from historical controls who were treated with placebo in Study 1. Subjects will be randomized to one of two doses of AZD0530 (50 mg/day or 125 mg/day) as a between subjects factor.

Arms:
arm 1: 125 mg Saracatinib once daily for 8-11 days

Interventions: intervention 1: Saracatinib
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Subjects will receive 125 mg Saracatinib for 8-11 days followed by an alcohol interaction lab session

Protocol document: