The goal of the study is to evaluate how cannabis use affects memory and thinking skills and response to stress in older adults. The study will also relate cannabis use to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) biomarkers (measurable substances in blood that indicate condition), and test whether sex and hormones play a role in these effects. The study is recruiting adults between the ages of 50 and 80 who use cannabis products on a regular basis. Study participation will last about two weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
47
The TSST is a standardized psychological stress challenge which provokes a stress response in a laboratory setting. During the task, saliva samples will be collected for hormone testing along with physiological and subjective measures.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Global Cognitive Ability (GCA)
The primary outcome is the mean Global Cognitive Ability (GCA) z-score, which is a psychometrically robust, factor analytically-derived, demographically-normed index of global cognitive function. A Z-score of 0 represents the population mean with positive scores indicating a higher level of cognitive function and negative scores indicating a lower level of cognitive function than the mean. The investigator will test the hypothesis that women with CUD will have lower GCA scores than men.
Time frame: Day 0
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