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The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Psychiatric Disorders and Symptoms: a Pharmacological fMRI study

Completed
Conditions
addiction
smoking
10037176
Registration Number
NL-OMON33616
Lead Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria

•History of mild cannabis use for at least one year (<1/week and >= 4/year)
•Right-handedness, assessed with the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
•Written informed consent of the subject

Exclusion Criteria

•Any clinical significant abnormality of any clinical laboratory test, including urinary drug screening
•Impaired physical health evaluated by medical history, physical (including neurological) examination and screening laboratory tests (see paragraph 8.3.1)
•Current diagnosis of abuse of drugs or alcohol (according to DSM-IV) except for tobacco
•Past but recent diagnosis of abuse of drugs or alcohol other than tobacco, i.e. within 12 months preceding study inclusion.
•Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) <18 kg/m2 or >28 kg/m2
•Any subject who received any investigational medication within 90 days prior to the start of the study or who is scheduled to receive an investigational drug
•The use of any medication within three weeks prior to the start of the study, except for paracetamol
•Claustrophobia
•Metal objects in or around the body (braces, pacemaker, metal fragments)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p> The main study parameter is the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Behavioral measures and the concentration of plasma THC and its main<br /><br>metabolites will be obtained.</p><br>
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