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

NCT00270803

Non-randomizedSingle-groupQuadruple-blindDiagnostic

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).

Timeline

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

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Dronabinol Other / unclassified 13 mg Oral
Comparator Dronabinol Other / unclassified 17 mg Oral

Indications