Study	Reason for exclusion
Karam‐Hage 2003	Study design not in the inclusion criteria: open study, not randomised
Knapp 2010	Study design not in the inclusion criteria: no control group
Le Strat 2012	Study design not in the inclusion criteria: review on the use of levetiracetam in alcohol dependence
Miranda 2008	Study population not in the inclusion criteria: laboratory study looking at the cue‐elicited craving of topiramate‐ versus placebo‐treated heavy alcohol drinkers. Presence of alcohol dependence not an inclusion criterion: only 60% of participants had alcohol use disorder
Mitchell 2012	Study population not in the inclusion criteria. Presence of alcohol dependence not an inclusion criterion: participants were non–treatment‐seeking "heavy social drinkers"
Myrick 2007	Outcome measures not in the inclusion criteria of the review: gives indication about gabapentin safety by investigating interactions between gabapentin and alcohol
Narayana 2008	Study design not in the inclusion criteria: open study, not randomised
Schacht 2013	Study design not in the inclusion criteria; outcome measures not in the inclusion criteria of the review: analyzes functional magnetic resonance imaging data from alcohol‐dependent participants enrolled in another included trial (Anton 2009)