Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity

Cannabis Use Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title: Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the interaction between stress and marijuana cues, in hopes that it may lead to the development of new treatments for marijuana dependence.

Clinical Trial Description

Although use of marijuana is widespread, little research has focused on the treatment of marijuana use disorders or on predictors of relapse. Although several factors contributing to relapse have been explored in other dependencies (i.e., alcohol, cocaine), little research has focused on drug cue-related or stress-induced relapse in marijuana-dependent individuals. Cue reactivity is a construct measured in a laboratory procedure where an individual's subjective, behavioral, and physiological responses are assessed following exposure to drug-related environmental cues or stressors. Investigating the effects of drug-related environmental cues and stress in marijuana-dependent individuals will be useful in guiding treatment development. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cannabis Use Disorders

• NCT number: NCT00613405
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Medical University of South Carolina
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2008
• Completion date: May 2009