Examining Effects of Domain Specific Episodic Future Thinking on Cannabis Use

Michael Sofis

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Marijuana Dependence; Marijuana Use; Alcohol Use, Unspecified; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05324813

7420

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overarching goal of this online study is to compare the efficacy of six (weekly) sessions of Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking (DS-EFT) relative an active control condition on improving the ability to value future rewards and reducing cannabis use (grams and days of use), tobacco use, and alcohol use among.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• at least 18 or older
• reside in the U.S.
• report wanting to reduce cannabis use (4 or higher on scale of 1-10 with higher scores indicating greater desire to reduce use)
• report using cannabis at least 10 days in the last month
• report using cannabis at least 100 days in their lifetime
• Data quality checks passed

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

Episodic Recent Thinking Control Condition

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking