# Pitolisant Effects on Alcohol Self-Administration in Heavy Drinkers

> **NCT04596267** · PHASE1 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Boston Medical Center** · enrollment: 9 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Alcohol Drinking

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Pitolisant
- **DRUG:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04596267
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2021-09-13
- **Primary completion:** 2023-02-03
- **Final completion:** 2023-02-03
- **Target enrollment:** 9 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study funding was exhausted prior to reaching the recruitment goal due to pandemic related delays
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-04

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04596267

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04596267, "Pitolisant Effects on Alcohol Self-Administration in Heavy Drinkers". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04596267. Licensed CC0.

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