Cannabidiol as a Treatment for PTSD and PTSD Comorbid With TBI
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Official title
Cannabidiol for Treating PTSD Symptoms and Neurocognitive Impairment in PTSD and PTSD Comorbid With TBI: A Placebo-controlled RCT With Neural-circuit Centered Precision Medicine Prediction of Response.
Brief summary
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This will be a randomized placebo controlled study to test the efficacy of cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Subjects, 120 in total, will be males and females with PTSD, half of which will have comorbid mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). There will be three study arms, each with 40 subjects: 1) Oral CBD 400 mg daily; 2) Oral CBD 800 mg daily, and 3) Placebo daily. Treatment duration will be 8 weeks. The primary outcome will be change in PTSD symptoms as measured by change in the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) total score.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04550377
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 120 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 25, 2021
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2026
- Completion
- May 31, 2026
- Last update posted
- Feb 16, 2026
2021 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University School of Medicine | New York | New York | 10016 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Feb 16, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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