Double-blind, 12 month follow-up, placebo-controlled trial of mifepristone on cognition in alcoholics: The MIFCOG trial protocol

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Donoghue, Kim ^a   Rose, Abigail ^b   Coulton, Simon ^c   Milward, Joanna ^a   Reed, Kylie ^a   Drummond, Colin ^a   Little, Hilary ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Cognitive function; Cortisol; Depression; Glucocorticoid Type II receptor; Memory; Mifepristone

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MIFEPRISTONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORNING DOSAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIFEPRISTONE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84959138547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0757-1     Document Type: Article

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