Heroin Dependence clinical trials

The registry lists 90 studies for Heroin Dependence across more than 10 countries. 1 are recruiting or about to start. 71 of them are mainly about Heroin Dependence (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-27.

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Status

Completed: 64
Status unknown: 15
Withdrawn: 7
Terminated: 3
Recruiting: 1

Phase

Phase 2: 26
Phase 3: 19
Phase 1: 8
Phase 4: 6

Where

United States: 61
China: 5
Taiwan: 5
Russian Federation: 3
Sweden: 3
Malaysia: 3

Who runs them

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (13) · New York State Psychiatric Institute (10) · Wayne State University (7) · Johns Hopkins University (6) · University of Colorado, Denver (6) · National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (4) · Universiti Sains Malaysia (3) · Friends Research Institute, Inc. (3)

What is being tested here

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

Drug	Phase 3	All
Buprenorphine	7	12
Naltrexone	3	9
Naloxone	4	6
Methadone	0	2
Cannabidiol	0	1
Memantine	1	1
Clonidine	0	1
Vivitrol	1	1
Methadyl Acetate	0	1
Lofexidine	0	1

Drug classes tested here Opioids 17 · Opioid antagonists 15

Who these studies take

Of the 1 Heroin Dependence studies recruiting now, 0 (0%) set no upper age limit and 1 (100%) stop at 75 or younger. 0 (0%) take children under 18. 0 (0%) are for women only and 0 (0%) for men only; 0 (0%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 1
Age	Women	Men
10	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
18	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
30	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
40	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
50	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
65	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
75	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
85	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Across all 90 studies, recruiting or not: 74% stop at 75 or younger and 72% at 65; 2% take children; 1% are for women only and 10% for men only; 14% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

Studies

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