The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of cannabis on brain function among adolescents with depression.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
280
Participants will undergo fMRI neuroimaging at two timepoints, at the start of the study and at the 1 year follow up. The fMRI is one hour in duration. During the fMRI, participants will complete two tasks investigating diverse aspects of reward circuitry activity. After this is completed, participants will be followed up for another year clinically.
University of Miami Clinical Research Building
Miami, Florida, United States
RECRUITINGNathan Kline Institute
Orangeburg, New York, United States
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDepression Severity measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Scores range from 0-63 with a higher score indicating higher depression severity
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Anhedonia Severity measured by the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS)
Scores range from 18-108 with a higher score indicating higher Anhedonia severity
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Cannabis Use measured by the Daily Frequency, Age of Onset, and Quantity of Cannabis Use (DFAQCU) Inventory
Scores range from 1-15 with a higher score indicating more Cannabis Use
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Depression Severity measured by the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
Scores range from 0-60 with a higher score indicating higher depression severity
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Depression Severity measured by the Convergence of Children's Depression Rating Scale-revised (CDRSR)
Scores range from 17-113 with a higher score indicating higher depression severity
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Anhedonia Severity measured by the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS)
Scores range from 0-14 with a higher score indicating higher Anhedonia severity
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Cannabis Use measured by the Cannabis Use Problems Identification Test (CUPIT)
Scores range from 0-18 with a higher score indicating more Cannabis Use
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Time frame: Up to 3 years
Cannabis Use measured by a quantitative cannabinoid metabolites urine analysis
will be measured in microgram per liter
Time frame: Up to 3 years