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The Effects of Marijuana on Orientation and Motor Coordination and Brain Metabolism in Regular Smokers of Marijuana

NCT00270803 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2008-05-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study investigates the effects of 17mg and 13mg Delta THC on orientation and motor coordination and brain metabolic activity in regular users of marijuana. Subjects were tested twice, after smoking cigarettes with marijuana and after smoking cigarettes without marijuana.On both occasions they performed on a virtual reality maze task. They were afterwards scanned in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with Fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG).

Conditions

  • Marijuana Dependence

Interventions

DRUG

Tetra Hydro Cannabinol (THC)

Oral THC 13mg and 17mg smoked in low nicotine cigarettes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Aviv M Weinstein, Ph.D · Sourasky Medical Center

  • Einat Even-Sapir, M.D. Ph.D · Sourasky Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2005-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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