# Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

> **NCT02966873** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medical University of South Carolina** · enrollment: 182 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Addiction
- Alcohol Abuse

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Treatment
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- **DRUG:** Inactive Placebo Oral Capsule
- **OTHER:** Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- **OTHER:** Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) Imaging

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02966873
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical University of South Carolina
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-10-01
- **Primary completion:** 2021-09-16
- **Final completion:** 2022-09-19
- **Target enrollment:** 182 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-13

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02966873

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02966873, "Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02966873. Licensed CC0.

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