Topiramate-Phentermine Combinations for Cocaine Dependence

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will determine the influence of topiramate (Topamax®) and phentermine (Adipex®), alone and in combination, on the reinforcing, subjective and physiological effects of cocaine.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Kentucky
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Cocaine; Phentermine; Topiramate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Recent cocaine use by the intranasal or intravenous route

Exclusion Criteria:

• Abnormal screening outcome (e.g., ECG, blood chemistry result) that study physicians deem clinically significant

• Current or past histories of substance abuse or dependence that are deemed by the study physicians to interfere with study completion

• History of serious physical disease, current physical disease, impaired cardiovascular functioning, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, history of seizure or current or past histories of serious psychiatric disorder that in the opinion of the study physician would interfere with study participation will be excluded from participation

• Females not currently using effective birth control

• Contraindications to cocaine, topiramate or phentermine