Study details
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Drinking, Acetate, and Stress
Yale University
NCT IDNCT06584448ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Target enrollment
50
Study length
about 5.2 years
Ages
18–55
Locations
2 sites in CT
What this study is about
This trial is testing how alcohol affects stress and the body's chemistry. Specifically, it will trial relationships of drinking and a stress hormone called cortisol. The goal is to find better ways to help people stop or reduce drinking when they are drinking at harmful levels.
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What you may be asked to do
- 1.Undergo Deuterium Metabolic Imaging with deuterated acetate tracer
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
All receive treatment
Everyone gets the investigational treatment.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
Body systems
Psychiatry / Mental Health