The objectives/purpose of this study are to comprehensively investigate the effects of non-prescription CBD on driving performance, drowsiness, sedation, and cognitive function in a large sample of healthy adults aged 18-30 years, with additional characterization of effects by dose and by sex, using a rigorous RCT design which will naturally mitigate confounding factors.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
300
Cannabidiol (CBD) Oil 300mg, 1 dose
Cannabidiol (CBD) Oil 150mg, 1 dose
Placebo Oil, 1 dose
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
RECRUITINGMean standard deviation of lateral position
The driving simulator will measure mean standard deviation which is the amount a driver is weaving within the lane during the drive. Ranges from 0 to infinity, with higher means indicating worse performance.
Time frame: 150 minutes post intervention
Number of collisions
The driving simulator will measure how many times a participant crashes into other vehicles, signs, pedestrians, etc. during the simulation. Ranges from 0 to infinity, with higher numbers indicating worse performance.
Time frame: 150 minutes post intervention
Mean reaction time to stimuli
The driving simulator will measure the mean reaction time (seconds) that it takes for a person to brake when exposed to stimuli. Ranges from 0 to infinity, with higher means indicating worse performance.
Time frame: 150 minutes post intervention
Percent of time driver is out of travel lane
The driving simulator will measure the percent of time that each driver spends driving outside their travel lane. Percent ranges from 0-100, with higher scores indicating worse performance.
Time frame: 150 minutes post intervention
Self-reported sleepiness scale
Sleepiness will be assessed via the Stanford Sleepiness Scale which is a one question Likert scale question that ask a person's sleepiness level at that moment in time. The scale ranges from 1-7 with higher scores indicating more sleepiness. This test will be administered on a laptop.
Time frame: baseline
Self-reported sleepiness scale
Sleepiness will be assessed via the Stanford Sleepiness Scale which is a one question Likert scale question that ask a person's sleepiness level at that moment in time. The scale ranges from 1-7 with higher scores indicating more sleepiness. This test will be administered on a laptop.
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Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Mental sedation score
The Visual Analog Mood Scale is a 16 question Likert type scale that assess different facets of a person's mental state. Questions 1,4,11, and 13 are summed together to get a mental sedation score. Higher scores indicate more sedation. This ranges from 0-400.This test will be administered on a laptop.
Time frame: baseline
Mental sedation score
The Visual Analog Mood Scale is a 16 question Likert type scale that assess different facets of a person's mental state. Questions 1,4,11, and 13 are summed together to get a mental sedation score. Higher scores indicate more sedation. This ranges from 0-400.This test will be administered on a laptop.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Physical sedation score
The Visual Analog Mood Scale is a 16 question Likert type scale that assess different facets of a person's mental state. Questions 3,5,6, and 16 are summed together to get a physical sedation score. Higher scores indicate more physical sedation. This ranges from 0-400. This test will be administered on a laptop.
Time frame: baseline
Physical sedation score
The Visual Analog Mood Scale is a 16 question Likert type scale that assess different facets of a person's mental state. Questions 3,5,6, and 16 are summed together to get a physical sedation score. Higher scores indicate more physical sedation. This ranges from 0-400. This test will be administered on a laptop.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Mean reaction time to stimuli for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants mean reaction time to the stimuli presented (in milliseconds). Higher times indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: baseline
Mean reaction time to stimuli for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants mean reaction time to the stimuli presented (in milliseconds). Higher times indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number of lapses in attention for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants number of lapses in attention to presented stimuli. The test considers any reaction over 500 milliseconds to be a lapse in attention. More lapses indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: Baseline
Number of lapses in attention for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants number of lapses in attention to presented stimuli. The test considers any reaction over 500 milliseconds to be a lapse in attention. More lapses indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Mean lapse duration for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants number of lapses in attention to presented stimuli. The test considers any reaction over 500 milliseconds to be a lapse in attention. It measures the mean lapse duration for each participant. Longer lapses indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: Baseline
Mean lapse duration for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure a participants number of lapses in attention to presented stimuli. The test considers any reaction over 500 milliseconds to be a lapse in attention. It measures the mean lapse duration for each participant. Longer lapses indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number of errors for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure how many errors a person makes during the 10-minute test. More errors indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: Baseline
Number of errors for PVT
The psychomotor vigilance test is given via a computer program and assesses different facets of a person's vigilance, or ability to pay attention. It will measure how many errors a person makes during the 10-minute test. More errors indicate worse performance. This ranges from 0 to infinity.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Interference score for mean reaction on FT
The Flanker Task is administered on a laptop. The test assesses the mean reaction time to congruent and incongruent scenarios presented to participants. The score is the difference when subtracting the mean reaction time for congruent scenarios from the mean reaction time for incongruent scenarios. Larger differences indicate more impairment.
Time frame: Baseline
Interference score for mean reaction on FT
The Flanker Task is administered on a laptop. The test assesses the mean reaction time to congruent and incongruent scenarios presented to participants. The score is the difference when subtracting the mean reaction time for congruent scenarios from the mean reaction time for incongruent scenarios. Larger differences indicate more impairment.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Interference score for accuracy on FT
The Flanker Task is administered on a laptop. The test assesses the mean accuracy to congruent and incongruent scenarios presented to participants. The score is the difference when subtracting the mean accuracy for congruent scenarios from the mean accuracy for incongruent scenarios. Larger differences indicate more impairment.
Time frame: Baseline
Interference score for accuracy on FT
The Flanker Task is administered on a laptop. The test assesses the mean accuracy to congruent and incongruent scenarios presented to participants. The score is the difference when subtracting the mean accuracy for congruent scenarios from the mean accuracy for incongruent scenarios. Larger differences indicate more impairment.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Time to accurately complete the Trail Making Test Part A
Trail Making Test A provides an assessment of complex attention. This test is typically ended after 5 minutes. Thus, possible outcomes are 1-300 seconds. Greater time indicates more impairment.
Time frame: Baseline
Time to accurately complete the Trail Making Test Part A
Trail Making Test A provides an assessment of complex attention. This test is typically ended after 5 minutes. Thus, possible outcomes are 1-300 seconds. Greater time indicates more impairment.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Time to accurately complete the Trail Making Test Part B
TMT Part B is a neuropsychological test that assesses a person's ability to switch cognitive sets and process information. This test is typically ended after This test is typically ended after 5 minutes. thus, possible outcomes are 1-300 seconds. Greater time indicates more impairment.
Time frame: Baseline
Time to accurately complete the Trail Making Test Part B
TMT Part B is a neuropsychological test that assesses a person's ability to switch cognitive sets and process information. This test is typically ended after This test is typically ended after 5 minutes. thus, possible outcomes are 1-300 seconds. Greater time indicates more impairment.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Total recalled words on the Hopkins Verbal Learning test
The Hopkins Verbal Learning test assesses an individual's ability to learn a list of 12 words over 3 different learning trials. Ranges from 0 to infinity. Greater numbers of recalled words mean better performance.
Time frame: Baseline
Total recalled words on the Hopkins Verbal Learning test
The Hopkins Verbal Learning test assesses an individual's ability to learn a list of 12 words over 3 different learning trials. Ranges from 0 to infinity. Greater numbers of recalled words mean better performance.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Discrimination index for the Hopkins Verbal Learning test
The Hopkins Verbal Learning test assesses an individual's ability to learn a list of 12 words over 3 different learning trials. Ranges from 0 to infinity. The discrimination index is calculated by taking the number of hits minus the number of false positives. Higher values indicate better performance.
Time frame: Baseline
Discrimination index for the Hopkins Verbal Learning test
The Hopkins Verbal Learning test assesses an individual's ability to learn a list of 12 words over 3 different learning trials. Ranges from 0 to infinity. The discrimination index is calculated by taking the number of hits minus the number of false positives. Higher values indicate better performance.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Percentage correctness of response on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-100%. The higher the percentage, the more accurate.
Time frame: Baseline
Percentage correctness of response on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-100%. The higher the percentage, the more accurate.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number congruent responses on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-infinity. Higher numbers indicate better performance.
Time frame: Baseline
Number congruent responses on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-infinity. Higher numbers indicate better performance.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number incongruent responses on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-infinity. Higher numbers indicate worse performance
Time frame: Baseline
Number incongruent responses on Stroop Test
The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute. Ranges from 0-infinity. Higher numbers indicate worse performance
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Sum of scores for forward and backward responses on Digit Span test
The digit span test is a very short test that evaluates a person's cognitive status. It is frequently used in hospitals and physicians' offices in order for a clinician to quickly evaluate whether a person's cognitive abilities are normal or impaired. Ranges from 0 to infinity. Participant receives a score if they recall a numbered sequence in the forward and backward direction. If the sequence is correct, a point is earned. Higher scores indicate better performance.
Time frame: Baseline
Sum of scores for forward and backward responses on Digit Span test
The digit span test is a very short test that evaluates a person's cognitive status. It is frequently used in hospitals and physicians' offices in order for a clinician to quickly evaluate whether a person's cognitive abilities are normal or impaired. Ranges from 0 to infinity. Participant receives a score if they recall a numbered sequence in the forward and backward direction. If the sequence is correct, a point is earned. Higher scores indicate better performance.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Gestalt score based on correctness of clock drawing
The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a screening tool for cognitive impairment. Score ranges from 0-5. Higher scores indicate an accurate drawing.
Time frame: Baseline
Gestalt score based on correctness of clock drawing
The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a screening tool for cognitive impairment. Score ranges from 0-5. Higher scores indicate an accurate drawing.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number of correct and non-duplicate responses on Animal Naming test
Animal Naming Test is a semantic fluency test that consists of listing as many names of animals as possible in 1 minute. Ranges from 0-infinity. The higher the number, the better the performance.
Time frame: Baseline
Number of correct and non-duplicate responses on Animal Naming test
Animal Naming Test is a semantic fluency test that consists of listing as many names of animals as possible in 1 minute. Ranges from 0-infinity. The higher the number, the better the performance.
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number of omission errors on N-back test
Ranges from 0-infinity. More errors indicate worse performance
Time frame: Baseline
Number of omission errors on N-back test
The n-back task is a continuous performance task that is commonly used as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure a part of working memory and working memory capacity. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence. Ranges from 0-infinity. More errors indicate worse performance
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Number of commission errors on N-Back test
The n-back task is a continuous performance task that is commonly used as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure a part of working memory and working memory capacity. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence. Ranges from 0-infinity. More errors indicate worse performance
Time frame: Baseline
Number of commission errors on N-Back test
The n-back task is a continuous performance task that is commonly used as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure a part of working memory and working memory capacity. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence. Ranges from 0-infinity. More errors indicate worse performance
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention
Percent correct matches on N-Back test
The n-back task is a continuous performance task that is commonly used as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure a part of working memory and working memory capacity. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence. Ranges from 0-100%. Higher percent correct is better performance
Time frame: Baseline
Percent correct matches on N-Back test
The n-back task is a continuous performance task that is commonly used as an assessment in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to measure a part of working memory and working memory capacity. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence. Ranges from 0-100%. Higher percent correct is better performance
Time frame: 200 minutes post intervention