Cannabidiol and Cannabis Concentrate Users
Cannabidiol and Cannabis Concentrate Users: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study
University of Colorado, Denver
120 participants
Dec 4, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial of plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD) among people who regularly use cannabis concentrates but are not trying to stop or cut down on their use. The main questions it aims to answer are whether CBD, relative to placebo, reduces cannabis concentrate use, the subjective effects of cannabis, or cannabis craving. Participants will take CBD (200 mg or 400 mg per day) or placebo for 4 weeks and will complete three visits during the study medication period, all conducted using a mobile laboratory.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Age 25-60.
- Regular use (at least 4 times per week) of cannabis concentrates for the last year.
- Not currently seeking to cut down or stop cannabis use.
- At least one episode of 3 consecutive days of cannabis abstinence with no experience of severe withdrawal symptoms (i.e., >=4 DSM-5 Cannabis Withdrawal symptoms rated as "severe"), in the last 90 days.
- At least two symptoms of a DSM-5 cannabis use disorder.
Exclusion Criteria13
- Use of any illicit substance besides alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis (e.g., cocaine, opiates, methamphetamine, MDMA, benzodiazepines, or barbiturates) in the past 60 days, as indicated by self-report and urine toxicology screening at the beginning of each study visit.
- Use of CBD-containing products other than cannabis concentrates in the past 90 days.
- Alcohol use on 3 or more days per week, and/or > 3 drinks per drinking day in the past 60 days. Participants must also have a breath alcohol level of 0 at the beginning of each study visit.
- Daily nicotine use.
- Meets DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder), bipolar disorder, or major depression with suicidal ideation, or has a history of treatment for these disorders.
- Current cardiovascular or respiratory disease (e.g., coronary artery disease, severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc.)
- Current use of any psychotropic (e.g., antidepressants, anxiogenics) or hepatotoxic medications.
- Currently use of anti-epileptic medications (e.g., clobazam, sodium valproate) or medications known to have major interactions with Epidiolex (buprenorphine, leflunomide, levomethadyl acetate, lomitapide, mipomersen, pexidartinib, propoxyphene, sodium oxybate, and/or teriflunomide) or a history of seizures.
- Current or past hepatocellular disease, as indicated by medical history or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 2 times the upper limit of the normal range at screening.
- For female participants, pregnancy or trying to become pregnant. A positive pregnancy test at the beginning of any study visit will result in exclusion from ongoing study participation.
- For female participants, currently lactating.
- For female patients of childbearing potential, not willing to use at least an approved method of birth control while taking the study medication, unless she is surgically sterile, partner is surgically sterile or she is postmenopausal (one year).
- Current suicidality risk as indicated during the conduct of the C-SSRS with concurrence after a study physician's or PI evaluation if the response to C-SSRS questions 1 or 2 is "yes".
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Interventions
Participants in this Arm will take 400 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.
Participants in this Arm will take 200 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.
Participants in this Arm will take a medically inert placebo. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.
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NCT06575751