Effects of Vaporized Marijuana on Neuropathic Pain
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Neuropathic Pain, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Post-herpetic Neuralgia, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis
In brief
This study theorized that a low dose of vaporized cannabis could alleviate nerve injury pain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01037088
- Run by
- University of California, Davis
- People needed
- 44
- Starts
- 2009-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-01-31
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age greater than 18 and less than 70
- Visual Analogue Scale (VAS pain intensity) greater than 3/10
- A negative urine drug screening test, i.e., no evidence of IV drug abuse
- Neuropathic pain due to reflex sympathetic dystrophy, peripheral neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia, post-stroke pain, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury
You may not qualify if…
- Presence of another painful condition of greater severity than the neuropathic pain condition which is being studied.
- Subjects with moderate-severe major depression, bipolar/mania, bipolar II/hypomania and schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
- Unstable Type 1 or 2 diabetes defined as blood glucose more than 156 mg/dl
- History of traumatic brain injury
- Uncontrolled medical condition, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, asthma, tuberculosis (TB), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), opportunistic infection, malignancy requiring active treatment, active substance abuse (alcohol or injection drugs).
- Current use of marijuana (e.g., within 30 days of randomization)
- Pregnancy as ascertained by a self-report and a mandatory commercial pregnancy test.
Where it is running
- CTSC Clinical Research Center, Sacramento VA Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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