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NCT03786224 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Pilot Trial of Contingency Management for Long-Term Cannabis Abstinence

A NA study, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
6
Enrollment target

NCT03786224: Completed NA study, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

NCT03786224 is a NA study that has completed, run by Massachusetts General Hospital. The registered enrollment target is 6 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (100% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03786224, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
6 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

This study is a critically important first-of-its-kind investigation of the potential research utility of using contingency management to examine long-term changes in cannabis use with six months of abstinence. These pilot data will inform a later trial which will focus on testing the longitudinal relationships between adolescent cognition and cannabis use, questions of high and growing public health significance given adolescents' increased access to cannabis with legalization.

Primary Outcome

Cannabis abstinence will be indexed by progressively decreasing quantitative levels (ng/mL) of 11-nor-delta-9-THC-9-carboxylic acid (THCCOOH), the primary cannabis metabolite, in urine. Residual cannabinoid excretion will be differentiated from new cannabis exposure using a statistical model developed by Schwilke and colleagues (2011). This model was empirically derived from urine CN-THCCOOH concentration ratios of consecutively collected specimen pairs (current specimen/prior specimen). This mo

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Contingency Management

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 6 participants
Start Date 2019-07-01
Est. Completion 2019-12-06
Phase NA
Massachusetts General Hospital

2,032 total trials

What the finished NCT03786224 record still lists

NCT03786224 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 6 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (100% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Contingency Management is the first listed.

NCT03786224 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03786224 about?

NCT03786224 is a clinical study titled "Pilot Trial of Contingency Management for Long-Term Cannabis Abstinence". This study is a critically important first-of-its-kind investigation of the potential research utility of using contingency management to examine long-term changes in cannabis use with six months of abstinence. These pilot data will inform a later trial which will focus on testing the longitudinal r...

What is the current status of trial NCT03786224?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 6 participants. The study started on 2019-07-01. Estimated completion is 2019-12-06.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03786224?

The interventions under investigation include: Contingency Management (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03786224?

This trial is sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital, which has 2,032 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03786224's enrollment target sits among peer trials

6 1983rd of 2000 higher than 13 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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