CBD shows promise in helping heavy drinkers stay off alcohol
NCT ID NCT05860699
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding cannabidiol (CBD) to standard alcohol detox treatment helps people with severe alcohol use disorder stay sober longer. About 210 adults will receive either CBD or a placebo for 11 days during a hospital stay. Researchers will check if participants remain abstinent for up to 6 weeks after leaving the hospital.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 210 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients hospitalized for a scheduled alcohol inpatient cessation * Aged 18-75 years old * Meeting DSM 5 criteria for severe AUD * Willing to participate * Signing a written informed consent * Patients with current social insurance * For childbearing age, sexually active females: efficacious contraceptive method during treatment and up to seven days after treatment administration Exclusion Criteria: * • Patients already scheduled for long term residential care after acute alcohol inpatient detoxification, not able to maintain the outpatient follow up * Patients not willing to attend post-discharge visits whatever the reason * Any unstable medical condition at entry, such as delirium, acute hepatic failure, hypokalaemia, liver cirrhosis whatever the stage, acute or chronic severe renal failure or any acute psychiatric condition * Liver enzymes (ALT and/or AST) above 3 times the upper limit of normal and/or bilirubin above 2 times the upper limit of normal * Current medication or need for medication with treatments metabolized by CYP 2C19 or CYP3A4 or UGT enzymes and having strong inhibitor/inducer properties (see list above), and/or current medication or need for medications containing valproate and derivates * Any medical history of epileptic seizure * Patients with current or past history of cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial infarction and stroke * Any history of suicidal attempt in the past 5 years or a score ≥1 to the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS) * To facilitate efficacy data interpretation, patients currently receiving or wanting to receive another approved pharmacological treatment aimed at alcohol abstinence maintenance (acamprosate, baclofene, disulfiram, nalmefene, naltrexone). * Other major current DSM 5 severe substance use disorder (like opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, ...) except for tobacco, cannabis smoking and benzodiazepines use disorders * Pregnancy and breast feeding * Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients (including PEG) * Patients under guardianship * Patients in exclusion periods of other trials * Reversely, cannabis use or cannabis use disorders will not be an exclusion criteria
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Gabriel Montpied
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, 63000, France
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Hôpital Albert Chenevier
RECRUITINGCréteil, Albert Chenevier, 94000, France
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Hôpital Antoine Béclère
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClamart, Clamart, 92140, France
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Hôpital Avicenne
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBobigny, France, 93000, France
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Hôpital Bichat
WITHDRAWNParis, Paris, 75018, France
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Hôpital Cochin
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75014, France
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Hôpital Fernand Widal
RECRUITINGParis, France, France, France
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Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75004, France
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Hôpital Louis Mourier
WITHDRAWNColombes, Colombes, 92700, France
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Hôpital René Muret
RECRUITINGSevran, Sevran, 93270, France
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Hôpital Saint Anne
RECRUITINGParis, Paris, 75014, France
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Hôpital la Colombière
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34090, France
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