Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Smoked Marijuana on Risk Taking and Decision Making Tasks
Lead Sponsor:
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Marijuana Use Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-45 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of smoked marijuana on both risk taking and decision making tasks.
Detailed Description
Cannabis abuse and dependence are the most prevalent drug use disorders in the United States (Compton et al., 2004), yet little is known about the factors contributing to successful marijuana treatmen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Current marijuana use
- 21-45 years of age
- Practicing an effective form of birth control
- Not seeking treatment for marijuana use
Exclusion
- Current, repeated illicit drug use other than marijuana
- Presence of significant medical illness (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension)
- Laboratory tests outside normal limits that are clinically unacceptable to the study physician (BP \> 140/90; hematocrit \< 34 for women, \< 36 for men)
- Significant adverse reaction to marijuana
- Current parole or probation
- Pregnancy or current lactation
- Recent history of significant violent behavior
- Major current Axis I psychopathology (e.g., mood disorder with functional impairment or suicide risk, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia
- History of heart disease
- Current use of any over-the-counter or prescription medication from which the volunteer cannot be withdrawn
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00373399
Start Date
May 1 2006
End Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
December 19 2018
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New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, United States, 10032