Cannabidiol and Cannabis Concentrate Users

NCT ID: NCT06575751

Last Updated: 2025-02-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-04

Study Completion Date

2028-06-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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The overarching aim of this proposal is to combine a naturalistic cannabis administration paradigm with a placebo-controlled, dose-ranging randomized controlled trial of plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to evaluate CBD effects on cannabis concentrate use, subjective effects, and cannabis cue reactivity. To achieve this aim, 120 adult frequent concentrate users will be recruited to complete a four-week protocol during which they will complete three sessions in a mobile pharmacology laboratory. Up to 200 participants may be consented/enrolled to account for screen failures and attrition. In two of the sessions, participants will use their typical cannabis concentrate on an ad libitum basis. Amount of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) self-administration during these sessions will be quantified by THC blood levels, obtained in the mobile lab immediately before and after use. Subjective drug effects and exogenous and endogenous cannabinoid biomarkers will also be quantified before and after THC use. Immediately after the first mobile lab session, participants will be randomly assigned to take either 200 mg or 400 mg of plant-derived, broad-spectrum CBD or matched placebo (40 participants per group) daily for four weeks. Participants will complete a second mobile lab session after two weeks to provide a blood sample that will be analyzed for cannabinoid levels. At this session, participants will also complete a cannabis cue reactivity paradigm. Participants will complete a second mobile lab session after four weeks of study medication ingestion, during which blood draws and THC self-administration will be repeated.

There are three aims:

Aim 1. Test the effect of CBD, relative to placebo and to baseline, on cannabis use over four weeks and THC self-administration in the mobile laboratory.

Hypothesis 1a. Both doses of CBD, relative to placebo, will reduce THC metabolite levels at weeks 2 and 4.

Hypothesis 1b. Both doses of CBD, relative to placebo and to baseline, will reduce the amount of THC that participants choose to consume in the mobile laboratory, as assessed by pre- vs. post-use THC blood levels.

Aim 2. Test the effect of CBD, relative to placebo and to baseline, on subjective drug effects (intoxication, psychotomimetic symptoms, anxiety, and negative affect) following acute cannabis concentrate use.

Hypothesis 2. Both doses of CBD, relative to placebo and to baseline, will reduce intoxication, paranoia, anxiety, and negative affect following acute use, even after controlling for between-group differences in amount of concentrate used.

Aim 3. Test the effect of CBD, relative to placebo, on cannabis cue-elicited craving and evaluate whether this effect mediates CBD effects on cannabis use.

Hypothesis 3a. Both doses of CBD, relative to placebo, will reduce cannabis craving.

Hypothesis 3b. CBD's effect on craving at week 2 will mediate its effect on THC metabolite levels at week 4.

For all aims, a linear effect of CBD dose is hypothesized, with the greatest effects in the 400 mg CBD group. Successful achievement of these aims will allow determination of an efficacious dose of CBD that reduces high-THC cannabis use, subjective drug effects, and craving, setting the stage for a subsequent RCT of plant-derived CBD to treat these outcomes in treatment-seeking high-THC cannabis concentrate users.

Conditions

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Cannabis Use Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors
Participants will be blind to medication assignment, as will all care providers and investigators

Study Groups

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Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 400 mg

bsCBD in a 400 mg dose will be used as described in the study arms.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 400 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants in this Arm will take 400 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 200 mg

bsCBD in a 200 mg dose will be used as described in the study arms.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 200 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants in this Arm will take 200 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Placebo

A medically inert placebo medication will be used as described in the study arms.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants in this Arm will take a medically inert placebo. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Interventions

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Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 400 mg

Participants in this Arm will take 400 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Intervention Type DRUG

Broad Spectrum Cannabidiol (bsCBD) 200 mg

Participants in this Arm will take 200 mg of bsCBD daily. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Participants in this Arm will take a medically inert placebo. Participants will take medication by mouth with food in the morning and evening.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 25-60.
2. Regular use (at least 4 times per week) of cannabis concentrates for the last year.
3. Not currently seeking to cut down or stop cannabis use.
4. 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.
5. At least two symptoms of a DSM-5 cannabis use disorder.

Exclusion Criteria

1. 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.
2. Use of CBD-containing products other than cannabis concentrates in the past 90 days.
3. 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.
4. Daily nicotine use.
5. 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.
6. Current cardiovascular or respiratory disease (e.g., coronary artery disease, severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc.)
7. Current use of any psychotropic (e.g., antidepressants, anxiogenics) or hepatotoxic medications.
8. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. For female participants, currently lactating.
14. 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).
15. 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".
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joseph P Schacht, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Denver

Locations

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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Joseph P Schacht, PhD

Role: CONTACT

303-724-3773

Kristen M Raymond, BA

Role: CONTACT

303-724-3196

Facility Contacts

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Joseph P Schacht, PhD

Role: primary

303-724-3773

Kristen M Raymond, BA

Role: backup

303-724-3196

Other Identifiers

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1P50DA056408

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

23-0953

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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