Table 2.
Immunotherapy | Potential Immune Target | Animal Study Findings | Human Study Findings | References |
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Phosphodiesterase (PDE) Inhibitors: | ||||
Ibudilast | PDE3 − 4–10 & − 11 | ↓ ethanol consumption | ↓ alcohol craving ↑ mood outcomes ↓ heavy drinking days clinical trial underway: NCT03594435 completed clinical trials: NCT03489850 NCT02025998 |
(Bell et al., 2015) (Ray et al., 2017) (Grodin et al., 2021) |
Rolipram | PDE4 | ↓ ethanol intake and preference | – | (Hu et al., 2011) (Wen et al., 2012) (Blednov et al., 2014) (Franklin et al., 2015) (Gong et al., 2017) (Ozburn et al., 2020) |
Mesopram | PDE4 | ↓ ethanol intake and preference | – | (Blednov et al., 2014) |
Piclamilast | PDE4 | ↓ ethanol intake and preference | – | (Blednov et al., 2014) |
CDP840 | PDE4 | ↓ ethanol intake and preference | – | (Blednov et al., 2014) |
Apremilast | PDE4 | ↑ ethanol-inducedsedation and intoxication no effect on ethanol CPP or withdrawal ↓ ethanol intake and preference |
clinical trial completed: NCT03175549 |
(Blednov et al., 2018) (Blednov et al., 2018) |
Rofumilast | PDE4 | ↓ ethanol intake and preference | – | (Liu et al., 2017) |
TP-10 | PDE10 | ↓ relapse-like alcohol self-administration | – | (Logrip et al., 2014) |
Note. CPP = conditioned place preference