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Home > "C" Clinical Trials Conditions > Cancer Pain  Cancer Pain
Cancer Pain
For Condition: Neoplasms
Status: Recruiting
Sponsor(s): Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research , University of California, San Francisco
Synopsis: To find out if it is safe and effective to use smoked marijuana in combination with opioids to treat cancer pain. The study will evaluate whether smoked marijuana, when used with opioids, will have an effect on pain relief, and to see if marijuana reduces the side effects of opioids, which include nausea and/or vomiting.
Details: To take part in this study, you must have ongoing cancer pain which is currently being treated with opioids. If you meet all the eligibilty criteria you will be admitted to the General Clinical Research Center at San Francisco General Hospital for 9 days. The treatment consists of smoking one marijuana cigarette 3 times a day.
Eligibility:
Study Type: Interventional, Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Minimum Age/Maximum Age: 18 Years/
Genders: Both
Protocol Entry Criteria: INCLUSION CRITERIA - have ongoing cancer pain - be diagnosed with cancer and have at least a six month survival. - be on a stable dose of opioid medication for at least 2 weeks before enrollment. - have smoked marijuana on at least 6 occasions in their lifetime prior to enrollment. EXCLUSION CRITERIA You must not: - start chemotherapy, radiation or biphosphonates during the study, or have received any new intervention with any such agents within the past 4 weeks. - currently be using smoked tobacco products. - currently be in methadone treatment. - have smoked marijuana within 30 days of enrollment. - be diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. - have severe heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension, or lung disease. - currently be receiving treatment with corticosteriods. - be pregnant or breastfeeding.
Total Enrollment: 16
Location and Contact Information:
University of California, San Francisco *Recruiting*
San Francisco, California, 94110
United States
Recruiting Hector Vizoso 415-476-9554
Additional Information:
Study ID Numbers: CC#057;
Study Start Date: September 2002
Record last reviewed: December 2003
Additional information available at: clinicaltrials.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov Reference link: NCT00046709
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3. Phase I Study of Depsipeptide in Children with Cancer
4. Intrathecal Gemcitibine to Treat Neoplastic Meningitis
5. Developmental Study on Fatigue in Cancer
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