# Acute Effects of Cortisol on Heroin Craving in Opioid Dependence (Ghost-Basel)

> **NCT01718964** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD** · enrollment: 30 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Opioid Dependence

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Cortisol 20 mg
- **DRUG:** Mannitol

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01718964
- **Lead sponsor:** Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-11
- **Primary completion:** 2013-07
- **Final completion:** 2013-07
- **Target enrollment:** 30 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-10-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01718964

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01718964, "Acute Effects of Cortisol on Heroin Craving in Opioid Dependence (Ghost-Basel)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01718964. Licensed CC0.

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