The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of the PROMETA pharmacotherapy compared to placebo for initiating abstinence and for preventing relapse to methamphetamine use in treatment-seeking individuals meeting criteria for methamphetamine abuse. It is hypothesized that individuals assigned to receive the PROMETA pharmacotherapy, compared to placebo, will demonstrate significantly fewer and less intense withdrawal symptoms, more days abstinent from methamphetamine use, and fewer relapses to methamphetamine use as assessed by self-report of drug use verified by urine samples.
Using a double-blind placebo design, the effectiveness of the Prometa protocol for methamphetamine dependence will be investigated as compared to a placebo condition. The procedure utilizes a combination of medications delivered both orally and by infusion in a controlled medical setting. Participants will be randomly assigned to the active medication or placebo condition, and will receive medications for 40 days, including two inpatient hospitalization phases of three days each. All participants will also receive once-weekly psychosocial cognitive-behavioral therapy throughout the 106 day study duration. A variety of data will be collected throughout the study, including psychological, cognitive, medical, and laboratory assessments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
120
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Los Angeles, California, United States
Abstinence across the duration of the study
Time frame: from screening to termination
Days of methamphetamine use
Time frame: from screening to termination
days of other drug use
Time frame: from screening to termination
cognitive functioning
Time frame: comparison of pre- to post-treatment scores
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