Participant Demographic and Baseline Drinking Factors Can Predict Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy Clinical Trial Completion and Drinking Outcomes

Key Points

• The aim is to identify baseline drinking factors that may influence the completion of alcohol pharmacotherapy trials and drinking outcomes.
• Analyzed demographic and baseline drinking characteristics of participants in pharmacotherapy trials.
• Identified risk categories related to drinking habits.
• Older participants and those with less abstinence showed different trial completion rates.
• Higher risk drinking categories were linked to less favorable drinking outcomes.