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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): early-phase trial registry

22 of 31 indexed Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #495 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

31 US clinical trials · 22 currently recruiting · #495 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): 31 US clinical trials tracked, 22 recruiting.

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is the subject of 31 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 22 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 18 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Yale University, running 4 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition alcohol-use-disorder-aud

OPEN 22 | RECR 71% | LATE 0 | EARLY 18 | RANK #495 | SPON 4

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, in Relapse (71% recruiting · 17 trials)

Alcohol Use Disorder (this)71%Cutaneous Melanoma51.6%Chronic Graft Versus Host Di48.4%Anaplastic Astrocytoma41.9%Aortic Valve Stenosis41.9%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) lists 22 open slots (71% of 31 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    22 of 31 indexed trials (71%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) trials is spread across many organizations.

    Yale University accounts for 4 of 31 trials (12.9%). 21 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) enrolment sits around 86 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 86 among the 31 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 16 of those (51.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) research is mostly interventional.

    28 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (90.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 16Phase 212

Open and recent trials

31 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 330 participants

Combining a Smartphone App With Medications to Manage Heavy Drinking

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT06303778

RECRUITING Phase 2 205 participants

Pharmaceutically-Enhanced Reinforcement for Reduced Alcohol and Smoking

Washington State University

NCT05181891

RECRUITING Phase 2 205 participants

The Zonisamide and Reinforcement for Reducing Alcohol Use (ZARRA) Study

Washington State University

NCT05134857

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

The Oklahoma Parent-Child Assistance Program

University of Oklahoma

NCT05534568

RECRUITING 200 participants

Computer Game, Qualitative, and MEG/EEG Assessment of Serotonergic Psychedelics

Yale University

NCT06624137

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Alcohol and the Social Brain: An Alcohol-Administration Hyperscanning Study Employing a Within-Subject Design

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NCT07125534

RECRUITING Phase 2 184 participants

Alpha-1 Blockade for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Brown University

NCT04135846

RECRUITING Phase 1 180 participants

Suvorexant for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): Neural Mechanisms

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NCT06484075

RECRUITING Phase 2 120 participants

Probenecid Administration for Alcohol Craving and Consumption

Brown University

NCT07118618

RECRUITING NA 86 participants

MPFC Theta Burst Stimulation as a Treatment Tool for Alcohol Use Disorder: Effects on Drinking and Incentive Salience

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT04998916

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Recovery Through Inhibitory Learning, Self-Efficacy Building, Problem Solving, and Community Building

University of Rhode Island

NCT07217795

RECRUITING Phase 2 76 participants

Suvorexant for Treatment of AUD and PTSD

Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Alliance

NCT06679062

RECRUITING Phase 1 63 participants

The Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelic, N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Yale University

NCT06070649

RECRUITING Phase 1 63 participants

Influence of Mavoglurant on Alcohol Craving and Drinking in Heavy Drinkers

Yale University

NCT06136195

RECRUITING NA 42 participants

iTBS for Alcohol Use Disorder

Nicholas Balderston, PhD

NCT06696365

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Psilocybin With Psychological Support (Psi-PS) for Military Veterans and First Responders With Co-occurring PTSD & Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Nathan Brashares Sackett

NCT06853912

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Off-Label Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Patients With HIV: Pilot Study 3 Semaglutide

Yale University

NCT07040592

RECRUITING 30 participants

Developing a Music Listening mHealth Intervention for Stress Reduction in Early Recovery

Washington State University

NCT07052318

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Renewed Recovery: a Pilot Test of a Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Continuing Care Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder

University of Georgia

NCT06987526

RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Diclofenac Dose Response Study

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06636227

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Study of Tirzepatide for Recovery and Alcohol Use Management

Brigham and Women's Hospital

NCT06727331

RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

Effect of Sublingual Formulation of Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride (HCl) (BXCL501) - Outpatient Study

Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Alliance

NCT06335407

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 192 participants

Comprehensive Process Model of AA-related Behavior Change

University of New Mexi

NCT04618653

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 110 participants

A Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of TMP-301 Compared to Placebo in Adult Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder

Tempero Bio

NCT06648655

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 100 participants

RECLAIM STUDY: A Phase 2 Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pemvidutide in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in Subjects With Obesity or Overweight

Altimmune

NCT06987513

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Ibudilast for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05414240

COMPLETED NA 41,843 participants

Alcohol Telemedicine Consultation in Primary Care (ATC)

Kaiser Permanente

NCT05252221

COMPLETED NA 9,590 participants

Michigan SPARC Trial

Kaiser Permanente

NCT04861792

COMPLETED Phase 2 320 participants

A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Pharmacogenetic Study of Topiramate in European-American Heavy Drinkers

University of Pennsylvania

NCT02371889

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 74 participants

Brain Inflammation and Function in Alcoholism

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NCT02233868

COMPLETED NA 21 participants

Brain Network Modulation and Alcohol Use

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NCT04828577

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 6
Phase 2 12

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
6 trials
Suvorexant Drug
2 trials
Placebo Other
2 trials
Real Time Neurofeedback Behavioral
1 trials
ATC Intervention Other
1 trials
neurofunction Other
1 trials
neuroinflammation Drug
1 trials
connectivity Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Connecticut 6 trials
Washington 5 trials
Virginia 4 trials
Rhode Island 4 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials
Georgia 4 trials
Texas 3 trials
South Carolina 3 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) page

31 registered trials, 22 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 22 Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Yale University sponsors the most Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Yale University's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) condition card totals 31 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Connecticut. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.