Take part in a paid study examining the effects of ketamine on learning and memory in heavy drinkers

As part of this study, participants may be given a dose of intravenous ketamine, which is an anaesthetic drug with strong psychological effects, or a placebo. Participants will receive £80-£100 for taking part.

Criteria

Participants must:

• Drink 30 units (female) or 40 units (male) or more per week and drink on 4 or more days per week
• Seriously want to reduce the amount you drink
• Be an otherwise healthy and aged 18-65 years-old
• Be able to attend three testing sessions at UCL
• NOT be pregnant or breastfeeding
• Agree to be given a single dose of intravenous ketamine or placebo as part of the study

Please note that researchers have other strict inclusion criteria and participants will need to complete a telephone screening to check eligibility for the study.

All drug procedures will take place at UCLH under the supervision of a trained anaesthetist.

To request an information sheet and undergo the screening process, please email CPUexperiments@gmail.com, with the heading 'ketamine study' and provide a contact telephone number so that researchers can call you to check you are eligible to take part.

Participation in this study will be confidential and anonymity will be maintained.

This study has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee (Project ID Number): 0760/004

Lotte Stemerding, Masters student, UCL Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit