Clinical trials: Cannabis
Substance Use, Substance-Related Disorders
Clinician Practice Companion to Address Youth Substance Use
Substance use, including the use of opioids, cannabis, and other drugs, is common among adolescents and young adults, and overdose has become a leading cause of death among youth in Canada and the United States.
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Substance-Related Disorders, Adolescent Substance Use, Cannabis Use
- Trial name
- NCT07725289
- Testing
- Practice Companion
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Psychotic Disorders, Cannabis Use Disorder
Investigating the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Function in Psychosis Patients and Non-Psychiatric Controls With Cannabis Use
Cognitive impairment is well established in people with psychosis and is associated with cannabis use. The current study will investigate the neurobiological basis of cognitive change associated with 28-days of cannabis…
- Conditions
- Psychotic Disorders, Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis Dependence, Cannabis Use
- Trial name
- NCT05445180
- Testing
- Contingency management
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Adolescent Drinking, Cannabis Use
Effectiveness of Brief Intervention in Primary Care for Diverse Young People (Chat)
Brief motivational interviewing intervention to address alcohol use among diverse teens 12-17.
- Trial name
- NCT06699251
- Testing
- Chat, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Cannabis Use
Feasibility and Acceptability of the Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Toolkit
The Stanford Smart Talk Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Curriculum includes 5 lessons, each providing activities, online quiz games, and worksheets in addition to presentations, resources, and other materials aimed at…
- Trial name
- NCT05521321
- Testing
- Stanford Smart Talk Cannabis Awareness and Prevention curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 658 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Cannabis Use
Smart Talk: Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Curriculum Evaluation
The Stanford REACH Lab's SMART TALK: Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Toolkit is a free, online educational resource to be used by educators to increase knowledge and awareness of cannabis and reduce use among youth.
- Trial name
- NCT07357454
- Testing
- Behavioral: Smart Talk Cannabis Awareness and Prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Vaping, Adolescent
Nicotine and Cannabis Vape Labeling Experiment - Spring 2025
This study assesses how the ways in which nicotine and cannabis vaping devices are labeled impact use susceptibility, anticipated effects, and health harm.
- Conditions
- Vaping, Adolescent, Electronic Cigarette Use, Nicotine
- Trial name
- EPIC/ADVANCE (NCT06919276)
- Testing
- Vaping Device Labeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,048 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Cannabis Use, Depression
Neural and Psychiatric Consequences of Cannabis Use in Adolescents
The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of cannabis on brain function among adolescents with depression.
- Trial name
- Cann-Teen (NCT06941298)
- Testing
- Neuroimaging Investigation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Cannabis Use Disorder
Determining the Effect of Six Weeks of Cannabis Abstinence on Fronto- Striatal fMRI Markers in Adolescents With Cannabis Use Disorder (ABSCAN)
The goal of this study is to understand the changes in neural correlates of reward in adolescents with and without Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD).
- Trial name
- NCT06124846
- Testing
- CB-Abst, CB-Mon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cannabis Use, Neurocognitive Dysfunction
Prospective Evaluation on Cognitive Function and Its Associated Genetic Vulnerability in Cannabis Users
Most of the studies assessing Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) and neurocognitive functions are cross-sectional without examining the longitudinal changes in neurocognitive function at a within-subject level with respect to the…
- Conditions
- Cannabis Use, Neurocognitive Dysfunction, Genetic Predisposition
- Trial name
- SToP-C_PeCoG (NCT04373525)
- Testing
- Genome analysis
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Cannabis, Vaping
A Virtual Reality Game to Prevent E-cigarette and Cannabis Vaping
The goal of this study is to develop and test an adapted version of our virtual reality videogame intervention prototype, Invite Only VR, developed for middle school students, which focuses on e-cigarette and marijuana vaping…
- Conditions
- Cannabis, Vaping, Emotion Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT07413432
- Testing
- Virtual reality videogame intervention for vaping prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Cannabis Use, Marijuana Use
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Downstream Effects on Maternal and Infant Health
With perinatal cannabis use rising in Canada, robust data on short-term and long-term effects on newborns are urgently needed. However, past barriers to obtain robust data included limited sample sizes, low self-reporting and no…
- Trial name
- CUPiD (NCT05309226)
- Testing
- Cannabis use in pregnancy or cannabis exposure in utero
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cannabis Use, Adolescent Behavior
Pilot Trial of Contingency Management for Long-Term Cannabis Abstinence
This study is a critically important first-of-its-kind investigation of the potential research utility of using contingency management to examine long-term changes in cannabis use with six months of abstinence.
- Trial name
- NCT03786224
- Testing
- Contingency Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Substance Use, Binge Drinking
Substance Use Screening to Encourage Behavior Change Among Young People in Primary Care
This study evaluates whether completing a short screening questionnaire about health behaviours in the waiting room before a primary care consultation decreases excessive substance use in young people aged 14 to 24 years.
- Conditions
- Substance Use, Binge Drinking, Cannabis Use, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- YP-HEALTH (NCT04146714)
- Testing
- Substance use questionnaire, Physical activity questionnaire
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dagmar M. Haller
Risk Reduction Behavior, Health Behavior
Alcohol, Marijuana, and Risky Sex: Group Interventions With Detained Adolescents
This research is studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational program works best to reduce these risky…
- Conditions
- Risk Reduction Behavior, Health Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT01170260)
- Testing
- INFORMATION-ONLY SEXUAL RISK REDUCTION (INFO-ONLY), SEXUAL PLUS ALCOHOL RISK REDUCTION (SRRI+ETOH), SEXUAL + ALCOHOL + MARIJUANA RISK REDUCTION
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Cannabis Use, Cognitive Change
Cognitive Recovery With Cannabis Abstinence Among High School-Aged Adolescents
This study will use a randomized controlled design to test whether 30 days of cannabis abstinence, compared to 30 days of monitoring, is associated with improvements in cognitive functioning.
- Conditions
- Cannabis Use, Cognitive Change, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03276221
- Testing
- Abstinence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cannabis Use Disorder, Mild, Cannabis Use Disorder, Moderate
Pilot Test of Parent-Focused Cannabis-Related Actions and Practices Intervention for Adolescent Marijuana Abuse
The randomized clinical trial involves the pilot-testing of a theory-guided, empirically based, and low-cost intervention designed for legal medical marijuana-using parents to enhance parenting behaviors that limit youth exposure…
- Trial name
- CAP (NCT04923230)
- Testing
- Cannabis Actions and Practices Resource for Parents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Cannabis Use
A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a School-Based Teen Marijuana Checkup
A hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial that is designed to assess the effectiveness of an intervention (The Teen Marijuana Check-Up) when delivered in real world settings.
- Trial name
- TMCU5 (NCT03111667)
- Testing
- Teen Marijuana Check Up, Treatment as Usual, Gold Standard Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cannabis, Addictive Behavior
Validation of the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test in General Practice(GP-CAST)
In France, consumption levels of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis remain high despite changes in regulations aimed at limiting access to these products and repeated prevention campaigns.
- Conditions
- Cannabis, Addictive Behavior, General Practice, Primary Care
- Trial name
- GP-CAST (NCT05633043)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Cannabis, Cannabis Intoxication
Do Adolescents and Adults Differ in Their Acute Response to Cannabis?
The acute effects of cannabis may differ between adolescents and adults. Furthermore, these effects may be tempered by the presence of cannabidiol.
- Conditions
- Cannabis, Cannabis Intoxication, Cannabis Use, Cannabis Dependence
- Trial name
- CannTeenA (NCT04851392)
- Testing
- Cannabis with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabis with THC without CBD
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Cannabis Abuse, Cannabis Dependence
Biobehavioral Effects of Topiramate on Cannabis-Related Outcomes in Adolescents
Cannabis use is a significant public health concern that disproportionately affect youth. Although promising psychosocial interventions are being developed, most youth do not benefit from these interventions alone.
- Trial name
- NCT01110434
- Testing
- Topiramate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University