Alcohol Drinking clinical trials

The registry lists 701 studies for Alcohol Drinking across more than 10 countries. 133 are recruiting or about to start. 325 of them are mainly about Alcohol Drinking (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09. Counting its 3 narrower conditions too, such as Binge Drinking: 808 studies, 158 open.

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Status

Completed: 446
Recruiting: 97
Status unknown: 42
Active, not recruiting: 37
Not yet recruiting: 25
Terminated: 22

Phase

Phase 2: 78
Phase 1: 46
Phase 3: 21
Early Phase 1: 14
Phase 4: 14

Where

United States: 470
Spain: 21
Canada: 21
Germany: 12
United Kingdom: 11
France: 11

Who runs them

Yale University (32) · University of Washington (24) · Brown University (22) · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (20) · Boston Medical Center (15) · University of Pennsylvania (13) · University of Michigan (12) · VA Office of Research and Development (11)

What is being tested here

Drugs under test in Alcohol Drinking studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted

Drug	Open	Phase 3	All
Ethanol	3	1	23
Semaglutide	1	0	2
Mavoglurant	1	0	2
Dextromethorphan	1	0	2
Guanfacine	1	0	2
Brexanolone	1	0	1
BLA80	1	0	1
Spironolactone	1	0	1
Lactobacillus reuteri	1	0	1
Blueberry extract	1	0	1

Drug classes tested here GLP-1 receptor agonists 1 open · Opioid antagonists 11

Coming up

6phase 3 studies under way

65studies finish main data collection within a year3 of them phase 3

Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.

The 10 nearest, phase 3 first

Dec 2026Acute Effects of Ketone Supplement on Responses to Alcohol Challenge in Healthy Volunteers · Phase 3 · University of Pennsylvania
Dec 2026Relationship Between Brain and Heart Glucose Metabolism in Alcohol Use Disorder · Phase 3 · University of Pennsylvania
Dec 2026Ketone Ester Intervention in Alcohol Use Disorder · Phase 3 · University of Pennsylvania
Nov 2026Clinical Effectiveness of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Conversational Mobile Application for High-Risk Drinkers · Yonsei University
Nov 2026Recovery Through Inhibitory Learning, Self-Efficacy Building, Problem Solving, and Community Building · University of Rhode Island
Nov 2026Just-In-Time Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration · Georgia State University
Nov 2026CPNF Intervention Development and Testing · University of Washington
Nov 2026Role of Phosphatidylethanol in Predicting Perioperative Outcomes of Admitted Patients at UHCMC · University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Nov 2026Narrative Writing to Promote Healthy Decisions About Alcohol During the Transition Out of High School · University of Washington
Dec 2026Accountability Support Through Peer-Inspired Relationships and Engagement (ASPIRE) Trial · Stanford University

Who these studies take

Of the 97 Alcohol Drinking studies recruiting now, 37 (38%) set no upper age limit and 52 (54%) stop at 75 or younger. 10 (10%) take children under 18. 9 (9%) are for women only and 4 (4%) for men only; 47 (48%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 97
Age	Women	Men
10	2 (2%)	2 (2%)
18	55 (57%)	50 (52%)
30	66 (68%)	61 (63%)
40	64 (66%)	57 (59%)
50	62 (64%)	57 (59%)
65	52 (54%)	47 (48%)
75	44 (45%)	39 (40%)
85	42 (43%)	37 (38%)

Across all 701 studies, recruiting or not: 56% stop at 75 or younger and 51% at 65; 16% take children; 7% are for women only and 5% for men only; 54% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

How long Alcohol Drinking studies take

Of 34 phase 1 interventional studies under Alcohol Drinking, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting, counting those still running.

Start to primary completion	Every sponsor	Industry	Non-industry
Phase 1	37 mo21–48 · 34 studies	—	40 mo23–49 · 32 studies
Phase 2	43 mo23–62 · 24 studies	—	—
Interventional, no phase	24 mo10–45 · 336 studies	—	24 mo11–45 · 328 studies
Observational	56 mo21–138 · 39 studies	—	56 mo21–138 · 38 studies

Each figure is the month by which half the studies had reached primary completion, with the range in which the middle half did. Studies still running count until their last registry update; studies that stopped early are left out. Phase 1 includes early phase 1; observational means prospective or not stated, as retrospective and cross-sectional studies date a window of data rather than a study. How these figures are worked out

What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 13, 2026.

Studies

Recruiting first, then most recently updated. Showing 50 of 701. Browse all 701 → or search them.