Specialized Addiction Treatment Versus Treatment as Usual for Young Patients With Cannabis Abuse and Psychosis

Summary

The purpose of the trial is to investigate the effect of specialized treatment of cannabis abuse among young people with psychosis. The specialized treatment consists of manualized individual treatment and group therapy. It will be compared with the standard treatment, which consists of non-specialized, non-manualized treatment. 140 patients will be randomised to one of the two treatments, and the investigator(s) will be blinded to the treatment received.

Conditions

• Marijuana Abuse
• Psychotic Disorders
• Schizophrenia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavioral therapy with motivational interviewing

Individual and group therapy, education of family and case-manager.

BEHAVIORAL

Non-manualized standard treatment

Treatment by case-manager

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research

  collaborator OTHER

• Sygekassernes Helsefond

  collaborator OTHER

• Københavns Kommune

  collaborator OTHER

• Lundbeck Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Psychiatric Center Copenhagen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Bispebjerg Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Merete Nordentoft, MD, PhD, MPH · Psychiatric Center Copenhagen

• Merete Nordentoft, MD, PhD, MPH · Psychiatric Center Copenhagen

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2007-09-30

Primary Completion

2011-01-31

Completion

2011-01-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations