# Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens and the Ventral Anterior Internal Capsule for Severe Alcohol Addiction

> **NCT01658592** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Guodong Gao** · enrollment: 20 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Addiction

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Deep brain stimulation
- **OTHER:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01658592
- **Lead sponsor:** Guodong Gao
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2012-07
- **Primary completion:** 2014-03
- **Final completion:** 2014-03
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2012-08-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01658592

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01658592, "Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens and the Ventral Anterior Internal Capsule for Severe Alcohol Addiction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01658592. Licensed CC0.

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