Analgesic Efficacy of Smoked Cannabis

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pain, Hyperalgesia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not inhaled marijuana displays any pain-relieving properties on experimentally-induced pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00241579

Run by

Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research

People needed

15

Starts

2002-02-01

Expected to finish

2004-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-06-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-90
• Male or Female
• Subject smoked cannabis within the last six months

You may not qualify if…

• Active opportunistic infections or opportunistic malignancies requiring acute treatment
• Active substance abuse (alcohol or injection drug)
• Pulmonary complications (e.g., tuberculosis, asthma)
• Current use of cannabis (e.g., within 30 days of randomization)
• Pregnancy as ascertained by a self-report and a mandatory commercial pregnancy test before any cannabis or placebo consumption condition
• Personal or familial history of psychiatric disorder

Where it is running

• UC San Diego Medical Center — San Diego, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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