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The Impact of Cobenfy Maintenance on Cocaine's Effects

Key facts

Who runs it
Joshua A. Lile, Ph.D.
Where
Lexington, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 1/2
People taking part
32 people, planned
Started
1 Aug 2026
Expected to end
30 Jun 2032
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Cobenfy
  • Placebo
Record updated
18 August 2026

Who can take part

Age
18 years to 60 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Must meet criteria for cocaine use disorder - report past month smoked or IV cocaine use, and provide a urine sample positive for recent cocaine use during screening
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must be using an effective form of birth control (e.g., birth control pills, surgical sterilization, IUD, cervical cap with a spermicide, or abstinence). Exceptions include women reporting 12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea, 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with a follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level > 40 mIU/mL, or 6 weeks post-surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy. Urine pregnancy tests will be conducted prior to sessions to ensure that female subjects do not participate if pregnant
  • Able to speak and read English

Who cannot take part

  • Persistent hypertension >140/90 mmHg or tachycardia >100 bpm for three consecutive recordings during screening
  • Heart block (2nd or 3rd degree AV block or bundle branch block)
  • Pre-excitation syndromes (Wolff-Parkinson-White or Lown-Ganong-Levine)
  • History of serious physical disease, current physical disease, impaired cardiovascular functioning, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, history of head trauma with prolonged loss of consciousness, seizures or CNS tumors, or current or past histories of serious psychiatric disorder that in the opinion of the study physician would interfere with study participation
  • First degree family member with significant premature cardiac comorbidity
  • Contraindications for Cobenfy not covered by other exclusion criteria including urinary retention, moderate/severe hepatic impairment, gastric retention and untreated narrow-angle glaucoma
  • Meet diagnostic criteria for psychoactive substance use disorder for substances other than cocaine or nicotine/caffeine that would require detoxification (i.e., alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines or barbiturates). Negative urine/breath samples for these substances, and the absence of withdrawal, will be required during screening
  • Regular use of other medications, with the exception of hormone-based contraceptives for female subjects, daily multivitamins, short-term antibiotic prescriptions, and/or antiretrovirals for the hepatitis C virus
  • AST, ALT or alkaline phosphatase >3x ULN
  • Creatinine levels >1.2x ULN will be repeated; subjects with creatinine re-test values remaining above this level will be excluded
  • Bilirubin levels >1.5x ULN will be repeated to determine trends; subjects with bilirubin increasing over time will be excluded
  • Subjects presenting with anemia (hematocrit < 36) or evidence of current infection (white blood cell count > 5) are referred to their PCP. If urine protein is greater than trace, urinalysis is repeated, and subjects with continued elevation is referred to their PCP. Subjects can be reconsidered for enrollment if these issues are resolved
  • QTc interval > 450 msec
  • Chemistry values or screening outcomes including outside normal ranges that are deemed by the study physician to be clinically significant. Lipid levels are also included in this protocol as an additional check for cardiovascular health
  • Electrocardiogram abnormalities, including:
  • Atrial premature beats (>= 2 consecutive)
  • Ventricular premature beats (Lown's Grade 3 or higher; >= 2 consecutive beats, multiform)
  • Vision or hearing problems that would preclude completion of experimental tasks
  • Poor venous access
  • Seeking treatment for SUD

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 18 and 60 years old?

Where in United States

  • Psychopharmacology of Addiction LaboratoryLexington, United StatesContact: Frances Wagner, RNTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Cobenfy influences the effects of cocaine in people with cocaine use disorder. This trial will also provide information about the safety and tolerability of combining Cobenfy and cocaine.

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Researchers will compare Cobenfy to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if Cobenfy is a safe, tolerable and effective at blocking cocaine's effects in participants with cocaine use disorder.

Participants will:

* Participate in an 11-day inpatient trial * Take Cobenfy or placebo twice per day. * Participate in experimental sessions to test the effects of Cobenfy (or placebo) on the response to cocaine and cocaine self-administration.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Cobenfy MaintenanceTreatment being tested

    Participants receive Cobenfy maintenance (100 mg xanomeline + 20 mg trospium twice daily) during the inpatient protocol, followed by IV cocaine self-administration and behavioral assessment sessions.

    Treatment: Cobenfy

  • Placebo MaintenancePlacebo, for comparison

    Participants receive placebo maintenance during the inpatient protocol, followed by IV cocaine self-administration and behavioral assessment sessions.

    Treatment: Placebo

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Fit questions
Built from NCT07624227, who can take part
Record updated
18 August 2026