Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Aimee McRae-Clark, Medical University of South Carolina
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00613405
First received: February 11, 2008
Last updated: April 23, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
Results First Received: June 15, 2011  
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized;   Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment;   Masking: Open Label
Condition: Cannabis Use Disorders
Interventions: Other: Stress + cue exposure
Other: No stress + cue exposure

  Participant Flow
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Recruitment Details
Key information relevant to the recruitment process for the overall study, such as dates of the recruitment period and locations
Participants were recruited primarily through community advertisements between January 2008 and June 2009.

Pre-Assignment Details
Significant events and approaches for the overall study following participant enrollment, but prior to group assignment
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Stress Participants assigned to this group are required to complete the Trier Social Stress Task, which involves delivering a 5-minute speech and performing a 5-minute math problem in front of an audience. They then complete a cue exposure session involving both neutral and marijuana-related cues.
No Stress Participants assigned to this group are required to read magazines for ten minutes. They then complete a cue exposure session involving both neutral and marijuana-related cues.

Participant Flow:   Overall Study
    Stress     No Stress  
STARTED     45     42  
COMPLETED     45     42  
NOT COMPLETED     0     0  



  Baseline Characteristics
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Stress Participants assigned to this group are required to complete the Trier Social Stress Task, which involves delivering a 5-minute speech and performing a 5-minute math problem in front of an audience. They then complete a cue exposure session involving both neutral and marijuana-related cues.
No Stress Participants assigned to this group are required to read magazines for ten minutes. They then complete a cue exposure session involving both neutral and marijuana-related cues.
Total Total of all reporting groups

Baseline Measures
    Stress     No Stress     Total  
Number of Participants  
[units: participants]
  45     42     87  
Age  
[units: participants]
     
<=18 years     0     0     0  
Between 18 and 65 years     45     42     87  
>=65 years     0     0     0  
Gender  
[units: participants]
     
Female     16     13     29  
Male     29     29     58  
Region of Enrollment  
[units: participants]
     
United States     45     42     87  



  Outcome Measures

1.  Primary:   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). ]

2.  Secondary:   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). ]
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3.  Secondary:   Feelings of Stress/Anxiety as Measured by the State-Trait Inventory (STAI)   [ Time Frame: ~2 hours ]
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4.  Secondary:   Current Mood as Assessed by the Mood Form   [ Time Frame: ~2 hours ]
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Certain Agreements:  
Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.
There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.


Limitations and Caveats
Limitations of the study, such as early termination leading to small numbers of participants analyzed and technical problems with measurement leading to unreliable or uninterpretable data
A control group of non-marijuana dependent individuals was not included, which may have provided further insight into the interactions of stress and cues both in the presence and absence of addiction.  


Results Point of Contact:  
Name/Title: Aimee McRae-Clark, PharmD
Organization: Medical University of South Carolina
phone: 843-792-5126
e-mail: mcraeal@musc.edu


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Responsible Party: Aimee McRae-Clark, Medical University of South Carolina
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00613405     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: HR#17195, R21DA022424, R21-DA022424-01A1
Study First Received: February 11, 2008
Results First Received: June 15, 2011
Last Updated: April 23, 2013
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
United States: Institutional Review Board