Cerebellar Alterations in Individuals With a Cannabis Use Disorder

NCT ID: NCT02816034

Last Updated: 2018-11-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-06-30

Study Completion Date

2017-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate if individuals with a cannabis use disorder have an impaired cerebellar function by assessing possible alterations to their implicit adaptation during a visuomotor rotation task.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cannabis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental Explicit

Cannabis user performs visuo-motor rotation tasks informed of an explicit strategy to maximise performance

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Visuo-motor rotation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant moves a cursor on a screen by sliding a pen over a digital tablet. Participants perform a center-out movement, aiming to a target that appears over one of a set of eight markers radially distributed. In several block of trials, the mapping of the pen position to the cursor is rotated.

Explicit strategy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant is provided with an explicit instruction as to how counteract the effects of the visuo-motor rotation via aiming to a marker adjacent target

Control Explicit

Healthy subject performs visuo-motor rotation tasks informed of an explicit strategy to maximise performance

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Visuo-motor rotation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant moves a cursor on a screen by sliding a pen over a digital tablet. Participants perform a center-out movement, aiming to a target that appears over one of a set of eight markers radially distributed. In several block of trials, the mapping of the pen position to the cursor is rotated.

Experimental Implicit

Cannabis user performs visuo-motor rotation tasks without being informed of the explicit strategy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Visuo-motor rotation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant moves a cursor on a screen by sliding a pen over a digital tablet. Participants perform a center-out movement, aiming to a target that appears over one of a set of eight markers radially distributed. In several block of trials, the mapping of the pen position to the cursor is rotated.

Explicit strategy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant is provided with an explicit instruction as to how counteract the effects of the visuo-motor rotation via aiming to a marker adjacent target

Control Implicit

Healthy subject performs visuo-motor rotation tasks without being informed of the explicit strategy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Visuo-motor rotation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant moves a cursor on a screen by sliding a pen over a digital tablet. Participants perform a center-out movement, aiming to a target that appears over one of a set of eight markers radially distributed. In several block of trials, the mapping of the pen position to the cursor is rotated.

Interventions

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Visuo-motor rotation

Participant moves a cursor on a screen by sliding a pen over a digital tablet. Participants perform a center-out movement, aiming to a target that appears over one of a set of eight markers radially distributed. In several block of trials, the mapping of the pen position to the cursor is rotated.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Explicit strategy

Participant is provided with an explicit instruction as to how counteract the effects of the visuo-motor rotation via aiming to a marker adjacent target

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients diagnosed with a Cannabis use disorder following Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) criteria.
* Patients screen positive to cannabis in the urine analysis performed a week prior to assessment.
* Right-handed patients.
* Patients provide a signed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with another current substance use disorder (with the exception of tobacco).
* Patients with a visual impairment that has not been corrected.
* Patients with a cognitive impairment such as mental retardation.
* Patients with psychotic disorders.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Paul Verschure

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Taylor JA, Klemfuss NM, Ivry RB. An explicit strategy prevails when the cerebellum fails to compute movement errors. Cerebellum. 2010 Dec;9(4):580-6. doi: 10.1007/s12311-010-0201-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20697860 (View on PubMed)

Mazzoni P, Krakauer JW. An implicit plan overrides an explicit strategy during visuomotor adaptation. J Neurosci. 2006 Apr 5;26(14):3642-5. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5317-05.2006.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16597717 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CannabinoidsCerebellum

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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