The TruCBN study
TruCBN is a melatonin-free softgel made with CBN from hemp. More than 1,000 adults took part in the study behind it. Here's what happened, and where the study stops.
What was the study actually asking?
If you've ended up on this page, you're probably not here because CBN sounds interesting. You're tired. You've tried the melatonin, the magnesium and the dark, cool bedroom, and you want to know whether this is worth a shot.
The study asked something simpler than "will this fix my sleep." It asked whether adults who want better sleep improve more on TruCBN than on a dummy pill, and how TruCBN compares with melatonin. Keep that question in mind as you read, because it tells you what the results can and can't mean.
How do you run a fair sleep study from people's homes?
You start with a lot of people. More than 1,000 adults across the U.S. took part from home, and each took one softgel every night for four weeks.
Then you let chance pick the groups. A computer sorted everyone into five groups: a dummy pill with nothing active in it, melatonin, and TruCBN at three different strengths. One of those strengths is the one in the box we sell.
The dummy pill does real work. People often sleep a little better just because they started something new, so the fair test is whether TruCBN did better than the dummy pill, not whether people improved at all.
Then you keep everyone in the dark. Each person's softgels came with a code, and neither the people taking them nor the researchers reading the answers knew who was in which group until the end. That keeps expectations out of the results.
Finally, you ask the same questions every week. People filled out a standard eight-question sleep survey that researchers have tested and trust. It covers the past seven days, including how refreshing their sleep felt, whether it was restless and how satisfied they were.
Who was behind it? FloraWorks, the company that makes the TruCBN ingredient, paid for the study and hired a research company called Radicle Science to run it. The published paper says FloraWorks didn't design the study or analyze the results, but it could read the paper before it came out. It was published in 2024 in a science journal where outside experts review each paper.
So, did people sleep better?
They said they did. Over the four weeks, people in all three TruCBN groups reported bigger improvements in their sleep than the dummy-pill group. The melatonin group did too.
TruCBN also outperformed melatonin. That's useful if you want something with no melatonin in it.
The study found no real difference in how often side effects came up with TruCBN compared with the dummy pill. They were mild or moderate, none were serious and none needed medical care. Across all five groups combined, the one reported most was feeling groggy or drowsy. Feeling high wasn't one of the side effects people reported.
If you try it, take one TruCBN softgel 45 minutes to 1 hour before bed. Then judge it the way the study did, over a few weeks rather than after one night.
Where does the study stop?
Here is what this study can't tell you. It's a long list, and you should see it before you decide anything.
- People rated their own sleep. There was no sleep lab and no device tracking anyone.
- The people in it wanted better sleep, but they weren't diagnosed with insomnia.
- It doesn't show that TruCBN treats or cures insomnia or any other sleep problem, and TruCBN isn't meant to.
- It didn't count how many times people woke up at night, and it didn't measure deep sleep or how much energy people had the next day.
- About 1 in 4 people never returned their follow-up surveys, so their answers aren't in the results.
- It ran for four weeks, so it says nothing about months or years.
- The company that makes the ingredient paid for it.
If you've been diagnosed with a sleep disorder or think you might have one, talk with your doctor first. The same goes if you're pregnant, nursing or taking medication.
Where can I read it?
The study is free online: Kolobaric and colleagues, 2024, in the journal Pharmaceuticals (volume 17, issue 8, article 977).
Start with the one-paragraph summary at the top. The rest is written for scientists.
Thinking about trying it?
If this is your first order, it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you're not stuck if TruCBN isn't for you.
