{"id":2,"date":"2023-04-27T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T17:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-14T05:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:32:01","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"A Phase 1\/2 Study of a Group Model of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Cancer-Related Anxiety in Patients with Metastatic Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"recruit-bar\">\n<h2 class=\"recruit-head has-text-align-center\">This Study is Closed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-white\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Why We Are Doing This Study<\/h2>\n<p>Psilocybin-assisted therapy is a new treatment for anxiety, depression and demoralization related to being diagnosed with cancer that cannot be cured. In most prior studies, people with cancer were treated in individual sessions with 2 therapists. In this study, we are testing a group model of psilocybin-assisted therapy, using groups of 4-8 people. The psilocybin session will happen at a 3 day retreat at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonyhill.org\">Harmony Hill<\/a>, a rustic retreat center about 2 hours from Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Although psilocybin was identified as a Schedule 1 drug in 1970, a new wave of studies beginning in the early 1990s demonstrates that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy works differently than existing antidepressants, and the results are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/npp201784\">promising<\/a>. But psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy is not yet FDA approved for any indication.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;margin-bottom:50px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/834474767?h=0bfc00a053\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-beige\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Your Safety<\/h2>\n<p>The organizations that safeguard anyone participating in this study \u2014 the FDA and the University of Washington IRB \u2013 have given us their approval. In addition, we are aware that our responsibility includes confidentiality: your identity as a study participant, or even someone who was just inquiring, is protected to the maximum degree possible. Finally, the psilocybin in this study is synthesized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filament.health\/\">Filament<\/a> Health as a pharmaceutical grade medication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-white\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are You Eligible?<\/h2>\n<p>We have designed a brief online screener that will ask you key questions related to exclusion and inclusion criteria for the study. This website does not record your answers, or your anything about your identity, but it does count the number of times someone looks at the questions. If your answers indicate that you might be eligible, you will see an email address that you can use to contact us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-button\">\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/anthonyback.typeform.com\/to\/nCa3zied\">Check if You Might Be Eligible<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can read all the exclusion and inclusion criteria, and about the study procedures in the <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ps_consent_form.pdf\">consent form<\/a>. The study is also listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT05847686\">clinicaltrials.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-button\">\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ps_consent_form.pdf\">Download Consent Form<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-beige\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Funding This?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steveandalex.org\/\">Steven &amp; Alexandra Cohen Foundation<\/a> is funding the study. Filament Health is providing the pharmaceutical-grade psilocybin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-white\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have a question about the study or want to contact the investigators, please <a href=\"mailto:hello@frontlineclinicianstudy.org\">email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"investigators\">\n<div class=\"investigator col-md-4 col-xs-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tony_new.png\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Back MD<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"investigator col-md-4 col-xs-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bonnie-new.png\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonnie McGregor PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"investigator col-md-4 col-xs-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/psilocybin-retreat\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/leslie_new.png\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leslie Lazar Thorn BA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Study is Closed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why We Are Doing This Study Psilocybin-assisted therapy is a new treatment for anxiety, depression and demoralization related to being diagnosed with cancer that cannot be cured. In most prior studies, people with cancer were treated in individual sessions with 2 therapists. 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