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Acute Alcohol Response in Bipolar Disorder

University of Texas at Austin
NCT IDNCT05838274ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Target enrollment

100

Study length

about 4.7 years

Ages

21–26

Locations

1 site in TX

What this study is about

Researchers are testing how acute exposure to stress affects the relationship between alcohol and bipolar disorder. The trial will investigate if differences in brain activity related to alcohol use predict who develops alcohol problems over two years.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Alcohol vs. Placebo beverage conditions

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
Standard

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized (Open Label)

You are randomly assigned, but you will know your treatment.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Endpoints

Primary: Relations between changes in subjective response and associated neural trajectories with alcohol use disorder symptoms at two-year follow-up

Body systems

Psychiatry / Mental Health