Personalized Feedback Intervention to Reduce Risky Cannabis Use.

NCT ID: NCT04060602

Last Updated: 2020-10-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

747 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-03

Study Completion Date

2020-10-15

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to determine whether participants who receive a personalized feedback report and educational materials about risky cannabis use will be less likely to report risky cannabis use at follow-up compared to participants who only received educational materials.

Detailed Description

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This project aims to reduce risky cannabis use among those with less severe cannabis use, most of whom will never seek formal treatment. All of the participants will receive educational material regarding risky cannabis use and its prevention. Half of the participants will also be assigned by chance to receive a personalized feedback report.

The investigators hypothesize that:

1. Participants who receive the full personalized feedback intervention will be less likely to report risky cannabis use at 3- and 6-month follow-ups compared to participants who receive educational materials only (Primary Hypothesis).
2. Participants who receive the full personalized feedback intervention will report greater reductions in their perceptions of how much others use cannabis at a 3-month follow-up compared to participants who receive educational materials only.
3. Reductions in perceptions of how much others use cannabis at 3-month follow-up will be positively associated with reduction in the participant's risky cannabis use at 6-month follow-up.

A 2-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial will be conducted to test these hypotheses with follow-ups occurring at 3 and 6 months after randomization. Online media advertisements will be used to recruit people currently using cannabis. The advertisements will be placed across Canada using locations found successful in previous trials to rapidly recruit participants (e.g. Google AdWords).

Conditions

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Cannabis Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Personalized Feedback and Education

This arm is provided personalized feedback concerning their cannabis use in addition to educational materials about risky cannabis use.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A report comparing the participant's cannabis use to peer usage, and summarizing problems experienced and risk associated with future use.

Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines prepared by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health which outlines methods to help reduce health risks associated with cannabis use.

Education

This arm is provided educational materials about risky cannabis use.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines prepared by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health which outlines methods to help reduce health risks associated with cannabis use.

Interventions

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Personalized Feedback

A report comparing the participant's cannabis use to peer usage, and summarizing problems experienced and risk associated with future use.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education

Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines prepared by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health which outlines methods to help reduce health risks associated with cannabis use.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Score of 4 or more on the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test, Cannabis subscale (ASSIST)

Exclusion Criteria

* Being under 18 years of age
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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John Cunningham

Senior Scientist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John A Cunningham, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Locations

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Centre for Addiction Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Cunningham JA, Schell C, Bertholet N, Wardell JD, Quilty LC, Godinho A. Normative Misperceptions About Cannabis Use in a Sample of Risky Cannabis Users. Subst Abuse. 2023 Apr 6;17:11782218231166809. doi: 10.1177/11782218231166809. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37051014 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.camh.ca/en/research

Description Information about research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre

Other Identifiers

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143/2018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id