New combo pill could ease opioid withdrawal for outpatients
NCT ID NCT05995535
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding pregabalin to the standard withdrawal drug lofexidine helps people with opioid use disorder feel less sick while quitting. About 150 adults who want to start long-acting naltrexone will take either the combination or a placebo for 8 days. The goal is to see if the combo reduces withdrawal symptoms and helps more people complete detox and start recovery treatment.
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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 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Male and/or female subjects ≥ 18 years of age 2. Meet DSM-5 criteria for an Opioid Use Disorder with physiologic features. Have met 2 or more of the 11 criteria for an OUD including tolerance and withdrawal within the last 12 months 3. Interested in opioid antagonist treatment 4. Used opioids in 20 or more of the last 30 days 5. A stable address in the local area; not planning to move in the next 60 days. 6. Have documents for ID check 7. Absence of medical or psychiatric conditions that are likely to interfere with study participation 8. Has 12 lead ECG demonstrating a QTc ≤450 msec and a QRS ≤120 msec. Site PI has final determination for study inclusion if readings exceed these limits. The PENN cardiologists and medical monitor are available for consultation when needed 9. Negative pregnancy test and using adequate contraception if of childbearing potential. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current psychotic disorder (bipolar I, schizophrenia, major depression that is not in remission 2. Alcohol, benzodiazepine, or other sedative use disorder with physiological features that require medication for detoxification 3. Allergy or other serious adverse event due to treatment with pregabalin, XR-NTX, or lofexidine 4. Pending incarceration or plans to leave the immediate area in the next 30 days 5. Homicidal or otherwise behaviorally disturbed requiring immediate attention 6. High risk for suicide as determined by answering 'yes' to questions 4 and/or 5 on C-SSRS 7. Blood pressure \<90 mm Hg (systolic) or \<60 mm Hg (diastolic). If value out of normal range, the investigator and study Clinician will decide subject inclusion/exclusion on case-by-case basis 8. Heart rate and/or pulse\<50 bpm at screening-sitting 9. An Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate eGFR\<70 mL/min/1.73m2 10. A History of, or current Seizure disorder (excluding childhood febrile seizures) 11. Inability to read and/or understand English. For example, unable to understand the informed consent as demonstrated by failing to answer 9/10 questions correctly on the quiz 12. 12\. Pregnant or breastfeeding 13. 13\. Currently taking sympathomimetic drugs, or a thiazolidinedione antidiabetic 14. ALT and/or AST \>4X upper limit of normal 15. A Child-Pugh score \>7 16. Currently receiving opioids for pain management 17. In a treatment study where medication was administered in the last 30 days 18. Currently using medications that are known to be strong or moderate inhibitors of CYP2D6 such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, mirabegron, bupropion, quinidine, terbinafine, cimetidine, cinacalcet, duloxetine, or fluvoxamine 19. In a methadone maintenance or buprenorphine treatment program within the last 30 days
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mountain Manor Treatment Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21229-3618, United States
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University of Pennsylvania, Treatment Research Center
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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