Feasibility Trial of rTMS for Cannabis Use Disorder

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cannabis

In brief

This small pilot trial will recruit 10 cannabis use disordered participants and apply 20 sessions of rTMS in conjunction with a two session Brief Marijuana Dependance Counseling treatment paradigm. The investigators are primarily seeking to determine if the proposed paradigm is feasible and well tolerated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03538288

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

3

Starts

2016-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be able to provide informed consent and function at an intellectual level sufficient to allow accurate completion of all assessment instruments.
• Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 60.
• Participants must meet DSM-5 criteria for at least moderate Cannabis Use Disorder, with use of at least 20 / last 28 days.
• Participants must express a desire to quit cannabis.
• Participants must have a positive UDS for cannabis during their enrollment visit (confirming they are regular users).

You may not qualify if…

• Participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Participants must not test positive for any substance other than cannabis on UDS during their enrollment visit.
• Participants must not meet moderate or severe use disorder of any other substance with the exception of Tobacco Use Disorder.
• Participants must not be on any medications that have central nervous system effects.
• Participants must not have a history of/or current psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder.
• Participants must not have any other Axis I condition requiring current treatment and must have a HRSD24 ≤10 indicating no clinically relevant depressive symptoms.
• Participants must not have a history of dementia or other cognitive impairment.
• Participants must not have active suicidal ideation or a suicide attempt within the past 90 days.
• Participants must not have any contraindications to receiving rTMS (e.g. metal implanted above the head, history of seizure, any known brain lesion).
• Participants must not have any unstable general medical conditions.

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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