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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00217971
Date of registration: 16/09/2005
Primary sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute
Public title: Dronabinol Treatment for Marijuana Addiction MARINOL
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Dronabinol in the Treatment of Marijuana Addiction
Date of first enrolment: March 2005
Target sample size: 156
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00217971
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Frances R Levin, MD
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Affiliation:  New York State Psychiatric Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Meets DSM-IV criteria for current marijuana dependence and reports marijuana as
primary drug of abuse

- Individuals must report using marijuana at least 5 days a week and have a marijuana
positive urine drug screen on the day of study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

- Meets criteria for current psychiatric disorder requiring psychiatric intervention

- History of seizures

- Known sensitivity to dronabinol

- Unstable medical conditions

- Physical dependence on any other drugs (excluding nicotine) that would require
medical detoxification

- Currently taking psychotropic medication with benefit for any other illness than
treatment of insomnia

- Pregnant or breast-feeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Marijuana Abuse
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dronabinol
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of Patients Abstinent From Marijuana During Weeks 7 and 8 of the Trial [Time Frame: weeks 7 and 8]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
#4886-NIDA-09236-11
DPMC
P50DA009236
P50DA009236-11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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