2017
Precision Medicine in Alcohol Dependence: A Controlled Trial Testing Pharmacotherapy Response Among Reward and Relief Drinking Phenotypes
Mann K, Roos CR, Hoffmann S, Nakovics H, Leménager T, Heinz A, Witkiewitz K. Precision Medicine in Alcohol Dependence: A Controlled Trial Testing Pharmacotherapy Response Among Reward and Relief Drinking Phenotypes. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017, 43: 891-899. PMID: 29154368, PMCID: PMC5809801, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2017.282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBetter treatment responseAlcohol dependenceTreatment responsePREDICT studyAnalysis of subgroupsSubgroup of individualsRelief scoresActive medicationRandomized trialsAD patientsSelf-report questionnairesMedicationsNaltrexonePharmacotherapy responseHigher effect sizesHeavy drinkingClinical applicabilityCutoff analysisDrinking phenotypesPlaceboPrecision medicineDrinkersPatientsEffect sizeDrinking
2016
Reward and relief dimensions of temptation to drink: construct validity and role in predicting differential benefit from acamprosate and naltrexone
Roos CR, Mann K, Witkiewitz K. Reward and relief dimensions of temptation to drink: construct validity and role in predicting differential benefit from acamprosate and naltrexone. Addiction Biology 2016, 22: 1528-1539. PMID: 27480445, PMCID: PMC5290305, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderTreatment of AUDOpioid receptor antagonistRandomized clinical trialsBetter drinking outcomesGlutamatergic systemSubtypes of individualsReceptor antagonistClinical trialsRewarding effectsUse disordersClinical decisionDrinking outcomesReward drinkersDrinkersNaltrexoneExcellent reliabilityDifferential benefitsDistinct patterns