New therapy aims to help psychosis patients quit cannabis
NCT ID NCT07245212
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a talking therapy called the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis (CCP) to help people with first-episode psychosis reduce or stop cannabis use. The therapy includes motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy in weekly sessions over 12 weeks. Researchers will compare the therapy group to a waiting-list group receiving usual care, measuring changes in cannabis use. The goal is to see if this approach can improve outcomes and reduce relapses.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- psychosocial intervention (motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective non-drug treatment to help people with psychosis cut down or quit cannabis, potentially reducing relapses and hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 80 participants, and it uses a waiting-list design. The therapy may not work for everyone, and results may not apply to broader populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * First episode psychosis Community Mental Health teams receiving care under of SLaM Early Intervention for Psychosis Adult Mental Health Teams * CUDIT≥9 (Dependent on Cannabis) * age=18 to 65 years old ( age range of adult psychiatric services) * Capacity to give informed consent, as assessed by clinical teams Exclusion Criteria: * Lack capacity to consent * High levels of suicidal ideation, judged by clinical team -≥2 days/week frequency use of any other illicit drug * Participation in any other current intervention trial * In active crises and/or expressing suicidal ideations
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Marina House
London, SE5 8RZ, United Kingdom
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