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Behavioral Intervention

Mobile contingency management for Cannabis Use (FOCUS Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Duke University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline and post-treatment (approximately eight weeks)
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FOCUS Trial Summary

This trial will study the impacts of reduced cannabis use on functional outcomes in heavy cannabis users, in order to inform clinical trials of pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders.

Eligible Conditions
  • Cannabis Use
  • Cannabis

FOCUS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline and post-treatment (approximately eight weeks)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline and post-treatment (approximately eight weeks) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in mental health symptoms
Change in physical activity as measured by the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire
Change in physical activity as measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire
+1 more
Secondary outcome measures
Change in auditory working memory
Change in health-related quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF
Change in impulsivity as measured by delay discounting
+5 more

FOCUS Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Reduced Use ConditionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants in the reduced use condition will be provided mobile contingency management, in which they are paid to provide marijuana saliva readings that suggest they have been abstinent from marijuana use.
Group II: Control ConditionActive Control1 Intervention
Participants in the control condition will be asked to provide marijuana saliva readings, but they are not paid for abstinent readings. Instead, their payments are yoked to the average amount of payment made by two participants in the reduced use condition.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Mobile contingency management
2021
N/A
~90

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Duke UniversityLead Sponsor
2,381 Previous Clinical Trials
3,427,463 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Cannabis Use
159 Patients Enrolled for Cannabis Use
~21 spots leftby Jun 2025
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