RECRUITING

Cannabidiol Effects on Learning and Anxiety

Study Overview

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Description

To examine the extent to which Cannabidiol (CBD) enhances fear conditioning extinction in college undergraduates who show elevated social anxiety. Undergraduates who display elevated social anxiety on standard assessments will be recruited at the University of Connecticut. All participants will be put in a standard fear conditioning paradigm where they are conditioned to fear a face that occasionally is followed by a shock to their wrist. The other face never is paired with a shock. After everybody learns this, half of the participants will receive 600 mg CBD Isolate Gel Capsules one time, and the other half will receive a placebo dose. Participants will then be presented with the faces with no shocks, and the rate and duration of extinction as measured by electrodermal response as well as subjective fear ratings via a visual analogue scale will be examined. It is hypothesized that participants that receive CBD will display enhanced extinction compared to the placebo group, as evidenced by reduced electrodermal response and reduced visual analogue fear ratings.

Official Title

Cannabidiol Effects on Learning and Anxiety

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-10-30
Study Completion:2026-02
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05283382

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * 18-50 years of age
  1. 1. Difficulties seeing a computer screen
  2. 2. Anyone currently taking CBD within the last 24 hours.
  3. 3. Anyone using any cannabis product within the last 24 hours.
  4. 4. Heart problems or heart disease
  5. 5. A neurological disorder such as epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, tumor, vascular malformations, aneurysm
  6. 6. Are currently pregnant or breast-feeding

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Robert Astur, PhD
CONTACT
2032369938
robert.astur@uconn.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1020
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Connecticut

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-10-30
Study Completion Date2026-02

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-10-30
Study Completion Date2026-02

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • social anxiety
  • fear conditioning
  • cannabidiol
  • electrodermal response

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Anxiety and Fear