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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00613405
Date of registration: 11/02/2008
Primary sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina
Public title: Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity
Scientific title: Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 87
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00613405
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Aimee L McRae, PharmD, BCPP
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Affiliation:  Medical University of South Carolina
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Meets Diagnostic and Statistical Methods (DSM)-IV Criteria for Marijuana Dependence

- Between the ages of 18 and 65

- Must abstain from marijuana use the day of testing and other drug use three days
prior to testing

Exclusion Criteria:

- Must not be taking any psychoactive medication, or medication that alters the
hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) Axis functioning

- Must not be taking any medications that alter heart rate or skin conductance
monitoring

- Cannot meet criteria for current major Axis I disorder (may alter response to stress)

- Cannot be morbidly obese (Body Mass Index >39)

- Cannot meet current abuse or dependence criteria of other substances in past 90 days

- Must not have a medical condition that impacts HPA functioning (Hypertension, chronic
pain, Addison's disease)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cannabis Use Disorders
Intervention(s)
Other: No stress + cue exposure
Other: Stress + cue exposure
Primary Outcome(s)
Subjective Craving of Marijuana [Time Frame: approx 2.5 hours (before, during and after exposure to stressor condition as well as exposure to neutral and marijuana-associated cues).]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Current Mood as Assessed by the Mood Form [Time Frame: ~2 hours]
Feelings of Stress/Anxiety as Measured by the State-Trait Inventory (STAI) [Time Frame: ~2 hours]
Physiological Assessments: Serum Cortisol, ACTH, BP, HR, and GSR [Time Frame: ~ 2.5 hours (before, during and after exposure to stressor condition as well as exposure to neutral and marijuana-associated cues).]
Secondary ID(s)
HR#17195
R21-DA022424-01A1
R21DA022424
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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