PRIMARY STUDY

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of contingency management for cannabis use in early psychosis: the CIRCLE randomised clinical trial

Key Findings:  The contingency management (CM) intervention was not effective for improving the time to acute psychiatric admission or reducing cannabis use in subjects with psychosis.

Type of Study:  Meta-analysis

Study Sample Size:  551

Study Result:  Inconclusive

Research Location(s):  Australia, United Kingdom

Year of Pub:  2019


Cannabinoids Studied:  Cannabinoid (unspecified)

Phytocannabinoid Source:  Unspecified




Citation:  Sheridan Rains L, et al. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of contingency management for cannabis use in early psychosis: the CIRCLE randomised clinical trial. BMC Med. 2019; 17:161. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1395-5

Authors:  Sheridan Rains L, Marston L, Hinton M, Marwaha S, Craig T, Fowler D, King M, Omar RZ, McCrone P, Spencer J, Taylor J, Colman S, Harder C, Gilbert E, Randhawa A, Labuschagne K, Jones C, Stefanidou T, Christoforou M, Craig M, Strang J, Weaver T, Johnson S