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Last refreshed on: 22 February 2021
Main ID:  NCT03078309
Date of registration: 10/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization
Public title: The Effects of Cannabis on Visual Functions in Healthy and Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients
Scientific title: A Controlled Study of the Effect of Cannabis on Visual Functions in Healthy Subjects and in Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients
Date of first enrolment: September 1, 2018
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03078309
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Early Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Hadas Mechoulam, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 972-2-6776397
Email: Hadasm@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Hadas Mechoulam, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 9293077002
Email: hadasm@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Hadas Mechoulam, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Hadassah Medical Organization
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- consenting adults

- generally healthy with or without retinitis pigmentosa

Exclusion Criteria:

- chronic or acute disease other than retinitis pigmentosa

- use of medication

- congestive heart failure

- recent use of illicit drugs (past month)

- history of drug dependency

- history of psychiatric disorder in subject or immediate relatives

- pregnancy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Retinal Degeneration
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Cannabis
Intervention(s)
Drug: cannabis
Primary Outcome(s)
Electroretinogram (ERG) - acivity of the neural retina cone flicker latency [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Electroretinogram (ERG) - acivity of the neural retina mixed cone-rod response, cone flicker, rod response [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Intra ocular pressure [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Macular thickness (OCT) [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Eye movements [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Titmus stereo eye movements [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Visual acuity [Time Frame: 3 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
0007-17-HMO
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ethics review
Results
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