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Trial reportPharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior2011

Eight weeks of citicoline treatment does not perturb sleep/wake cycles in cocaine-dependent adults.

Bethany K Bracken, David M Penetar, John Rodolico, Elizabeth T Ryan, Scott E Lukas

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Possible Benefit and Validity of Supplements for Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Citicoline in addictive disorders: a review of the literature.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2014
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bethany K BrackenBehavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA. bbracken@mclean.harvard.edu
David M Penetar
John Rodolico
Elizabeth T Ryan
Scott E Lukas
McLean Hospital · US

Funding

Training In Drug Abuse and Brain ImagingT32DA015036 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI SCOTT E LUKAS · 2002 to 2026
$5.3M
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL INDICES OF DRUG ABUSEK05DA000343 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI LUKAS, SCOTT E · 1997 to 2008
$1.1M
MEDICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR COCAINE ABUSE--CDP CHOLINER01DA011098 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI LUKAS, SCOTT E · 1999 to 2004
$806k
NIDA NIH HHS DA011098NIDA NIH HHS K05 DA000343NIDA NIH HHS K05DA00343NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA011098NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA015036NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA15036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCiticoline (cytidine-5'-diphosphate) is a mononucleotide composed of ribose, cytosine, pyrophosphate, and choline, and is involved in the biosynthesis of the structural phosopholipids of cell membranes. Treatment with citicoline, improves memory in patients with dementia, and reduces damage to the brain after traumatic brain injury or stroke. Recent research has been conducted to assess whether citicoline is an effective treatment for cocaine dependence. In cocaine-dependent individuals, withdrawal from cocaine is associated with disturbed sleep, which may contribute to the high rate of relapse to cocaine use. Therefore, it is important to know the impact of citicoline on the sleep/wake cycle in these individuals in order to rate its overall efficacy.

methodIn this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the effects of citicoline treatment on the sleep/wake cycles of cocaine dependent participants were assessed. The results of the current study are reported as part of a larger study, consisting of an eight-week treatment period to assess the efficacy of longer-term treatment with citicoline at decreasing cocaine consumption in cocaine-dependent polydrug using participants.

resultsIn this non-abstinent, cocaine-dependent population, citicoline had no effect on any of the sleep parameters measured including sleep efficiency, sleep latency, total sleep time, number of waking episodes, time awake per episode, amount of time in bed spent moving, number of sleep episodes, time asleep per episode, and amount of time in bed spent immobile.

conclusionsThese data suggest that eight weeks of citicoline administration does not disturb sleep/wake cycles of cocaine-dependent individuals.

Indexed as

AdultCocaine-Related DisordersCognitionCytidine Diphosphate CholineDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleNootropic AgentsSleepSleep Wake DisordersSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeTime FactorsCytidine Diphosphate CholineNootropic Agents

Identifiers

PMID21397626
PMCPMC3081995
OpenAlexW2079082182

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