Recruiting

Episodic Future Thinking

Sponsor:

Michael Sofis

Code:

NCT05324813

Conditions

Marijuana Use

Marijuana Dependence

Tobacco Use

Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Marijuana Use

Marijuana Dependence

Tobacco Use

Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Study ID

NCT05324813

Start date

Apr, 2022

Status verified date

Apr, 2022

Completion date

Jul, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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:

-

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

active comparator: Episodic Recent Thinking Control Condition

Interventions

Domain-Specific Episodic Future Thinking

Individualized intervention that provides systematic prompts to enable creation and envisioning of positive future events across multiple life domains.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of cannabis use grams [ Time Frame: 1-week follow-up ]
  • Number of cannabis use days [ Time Frame: 1-week follow-up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Michael J Sofis, PhD

14128678991msofis@ahpnet.com

Locations

AHP Corporate Office

Recruiting

Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States, 01776

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Michael J. Sofis, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Michael Sofis

Last update posted

Apr 12, 2022

Last verified

Apr, 2022

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Michael Sofis on 2022-04-12.