# Ghrelin for Alcohol Use in Non-Treatment-Seeking Heavy Drinkers

> **NCT01779024** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)** · enrollment: 17 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- fMRI
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alcoholism

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ghrelin
- **DRUG:** Placebo
- **PROCEDURE:** fMRI
- **DRUG:** Alcohol

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01779024
- **Lead sponsor:** National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-12-13
- **Primary completion:** 2017-06-01
- **Final completion:** 2017-06-01
- **Target enrollment:** 17 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-08-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01779024

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01779024, "Ghrelin for Alcohol Use in Non-Treatment-Seeking Heavy Drinkers". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01779024. Licensed CC0.

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