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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Jul 31;97:349–364. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.07.023

Table 2.

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors.

Immunotherapy Potential Immune Target Animal Study Findings Human Study Findings References
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